Joe came to Canada from Hungary in 1928. He had served
in the army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in WWI. For
the first two years he worked on farms in the Warner and
Coaldale areas, and then, in 1930, he came to the White
district to work for Leland Burr. He stayed on for forty two
years.

He lived in a shack in the Burr farmyard and took his meals
at the family table until 1977. When Beth and Leland
moved into Lethbridge, he moved into Blue Sky Lodge.
Later, when the the Alberta Rose Lodge opened, he
moved there.

While working on the farm he was quite content with his
situation. On several occasions Leland offered to build him
a proper house, but he refused, saying the shack was all
he needed. He worked in the fields and tended the hogs
as well as handling carpentry chores on the farm. Joe
always seeded the beets with the Farmall "A" and his
rows were straight.

In 1984, at the age of 86, he passed away at the Lethbridge
Regional Hospital. A friend to everyone, he was well liked
by all the neighbours.

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