It's the end of an era for a Dairy Queen employee in Rio Grande City.

After 48 years of serving up smiles and soft serve ice cream, 74-year-old Josefina Bazan is hanging up her apron and hat.

Ice cream blizzards, burgers and chicken usually attracts crowds at a Dairy Queen in Rio Grande City, but on Thursday, crowds gathered for a sweeter reason.

Bazan has wrapped up her time working at Dairy Queen. She first started working at the restaurant on June 5, 1976.

"All the customers are the same and I treat everybody the same," Bazan said.

But her daily interactions with customers over the decades is something she says she'll hold onto for the rest of her life.

"There's a lot of stories from different people," Bazan said.

Especially her time with her co-workers.

"She's a hard worker, a

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