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Joe K. Wells Jr.

Austin, Texas

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Joe K. Wells, Jr., age 86, passed away on May 28, 2025, in Austin, Texas.Born and raised in Austin, Joe graduated from Austin High School and the University of Texas. He served in the Army Corps of Engineers and later founded and operated JKW Construction Company, where he worked until his...

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Joe and Mary Margaret were simply great people!! Their hospitality to me has always been unmatched! As with Mary Margaret, Joe will be terribly missed by his family and friends. From the afternoons in the 1980s when he would come into the old Kash -Karry ( I was a cashier) on Windsor to buy his tobacco, to the last time I saw him in November 2023 when we went out for lunch and ice cream ( even though he didn't remember going ?) , Joe made me feel like his favorite person in the world every...

I've lost one of my very best friends. His children have lost a wonderful Dad. My condolences to his family and his many other friends. Will remember always the fishing trips to Alaska, the visits we had to each other homes, the trips to Colorado, and the New Year's Eves at my ranch and the birthdays at his. He remains a great ATO fraternity brother. I was honored to stand at his side when he and Mary Margaret were married...and now they are reunited. Smooth sailing, my dear friend!!