Bill Lindig

Bill Lindig got his start in the food industry in the 1940s by helping his mother after school at the neighborhood grocery store she ran in Austin, Texas. In the 1990s, he ran Sysco Corp., the nation’s largest distributor of food and related items to restaurants and other food-service operations. Mr. Lindig died of heart failure Dec. 25 2019 in Lindale, Texas. He was 83. Much of his career was devoted to finding acquisitions and integrating them into Sysco's national organization. Bill met his wife Bobetta in Austin, where they were married in 1959; they celebrated 60 years of marriage last June. Bill served his country as a first lieutenant in the National Guard and was active during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Bill and his family moved to Houston in 1970 when he joined Sysco Corporation at its formation. Enjoying great success over a thirty-year career, Bill held positions of president, CEO and retired as Chairman of the Board in 2000. In addition to his career at Sysco, Bill served as a director of BNSF Railways and as a Trustee of Johnson & Wales University. He is survived by his wife, Bobetta; sons, Brett and Brad; daughters-in-law, Michelle and Jona, and grandchildren, Dakota, Dillon, David and Kate.