Background
Bixby, Joseph R. was born on April 7, 1925. Son of Walter Edwin and Angeline I. (Reynolds) Bixby.
Bixby, Joseph R. was born on April 7, 1925. Son of Walter Edwin and Angeline I. (Reynolds) Bixby.
Student, University Missouri.
Various positions Kansas City Life Insurance Company, Missouri, until 1950, assistant secretary, 1950-1955, assistant regional supervisor, 1952-1955, vice president, assistant secretary, 1955-1962, director, from 1957, administrative vice president, 1962-1964, president, from 1964, chief executive officer, from 1970, chairman board, from 1972. Advisory director Glasgow Savings Bank, Missouri, director.
Honorary board directors Kansas City Crime Commission Served with United States Army Air Force, 1944-1946. Member of Kansas City, River, Saddle and Sirloin, Kansas City Country.
Married Marilyn Swartzel, August 28, 1947 (deceased). Children: Kathryn Ann Bixby-Haddad, Nancy Lea Bixby Curtis Hudson. Married Margie Morris Vogel, May 11, 1976.
1 son, Lee M. Vogel.
