Marie Bezdek
Marie C. Bezdek, 97, North Reading, Mass., formerly of Tampa, died March 27, 2002, at Woodbriar of Wilmington, Mass.
She was a graduate of Tampa High School and attended the teacher's college.
She was a retired teacher. She had lived at North Reading, Mass., since moving there from Kansas two years ago.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, James P. Bezdek; daughter Rosalie Steinert; and brothers and sister, William and Francis Schwartzman, and Louise Bezdek.
Survivors include two daughters, Elaine M. Jones and husband Robert of North Reading, Mass., and Alice Fields of Hays; and a sister, Eleanor Murphy, Tampa.
She also is survived by six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
She lived in Marion County until moving to Hays in 1980.
A memorial Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Hays.
Cremains will be interred at St. Joseph Cemetery, Hays.
