Joe was preceded in death by wife of 70 years, Anna daughter Judy Morisak sisters: Cecilia Corcoran, Anna Zamora, Albina Young, Isabel Galvan, Catherine Kelly and Elsie Benanate and brothers: William, Al, Hubert and Robert. He was the first recipient of the Hometown Hero Award from Lindsay ISD. Peter's Catholic Church until he began caring for his wife full-time until her death. After he retired, Joe volunteered as sacristan at St. While Joe was mayor, the town completed a water system, built a sewage disposal system, dug a second water well, Main Street was widened, City Hall was built, and the town contracted for a part-time Sheriff for patrol. He was re-elected several times and served his community in this role until 1976. In addition to his various jobs and duties as a devout father, Joe served as the first mayor of Lindsay in 1959. In 1984 Joe opened the office in Lindsay where he worked until his retirement in 2002 at the age of 83. In 1979 he began his full-time career with Germania Insurance. He also managed many restaurants including Dutchman and Green Gables. He worked for several local businesses including Massey Harris, John Deere, and Schad & Pulte.
Joe was a loving husband and father to eight beautiful children and served as the patriarch of the Bezner family. They moved to Lindsay shortly after and began their life as a married couple. While in the service, Joe met and married Anna Mae Hebert on May 21, 1945, in Louisiana. He graduated from Subiaco Academy in 1936 and joined the Army National Guard soon after where he served his country proudly as a surgical technician in World War II, discharged as a Staff Sergeant. Joe was born the eighth of 12 children to Joseph Frank and Margaret Schmitz Bezner in Lindsay, TX on February 11, 1919.
Joseph John Bezner, 103, of Lindsay, passed away on Novemin Muenster.
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