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Dana Fitzpatrick, hardwood lumber executive, dies at 90
ELLICOTTVILLE, N.Y. – Dana G. Fitzpatrick, a longtime executive in the hardwood lumber industry, died on Dec. 18. He was 90. He graduated from Ellicottville Central School in 1948. In 1952, he...
View ArticleRobert M. Brenner, long-time sales professional, dies at 74
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Long-time industry sales professional Robert M. Brenner died on May 28 at his home. He was 74. He was born Jan. 12, 1947, in Cincinnati, the son of Milton and Betty Brenner. He...
View ArticleIndependent rep Ron Joseph dies at 86
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio — Ronald M. Joseph, a long-time furniture manufacturer’s sales representative, died May 11 at the age of 86. Born Dec. 4, 1934, in Brooklyn, N.Y., Joseph started as a sales rep...
View ArticleVeteran industry sales rep George Akins Jr. dies at 80
BOCA RATON, Fla. — George R. Akins Jr., a veteran retail and manufacturing sales representative, passed away at home on Oct. 14, 2020, at the age of 80. Akins was born on Feb. 13, 1940, to Harold Deane...
View ArticleIndustry sales rep Jim Cody dies at 88
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Long-time industry veteran, Jim Cody, died July 5 here at age 88. Cody was born June 26, 1933, in Rosemark, Tenn., and was a 1951 graduate of Memphis Tech High School. After four years...
View ArticleMattress industry veteran Trina Trill dies at 55
PRINCETON, N.J. — Mattress industry veteran, Trina Trill, died of a stroke on July 9. She was 55 and resided in Beachwood, Ohio. Trill started her career at Therapedic Ohio as a production manager....
View ArticleCommon Thread for the Cure founder, Suzann Burkhead-Bray, dies
LEXINGTON, N.C. — The Common Thread for the Cure Foundation lost one of its founding leaders on July 29 when Suzann Burkhead-Bray, 70, passed away at Beacon Place Hospice Care House in Greensboro, N.C....
View ArticleRetired Broyhill veteran O’Brien Edwards dies at 87
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Retired industry veteran O’Brien Edwards died peacefully here early in the morning of Aug. 12 at age 87 of natural causes. He spent his entire 41-year furniture career at Broyill...
View ArticleBauhaus EVP Aaron Larry dies at 62
BELDEN, Miss. — An industry veteran of 40 years, Aaron Larry passed away Aug. 17 at the age of 62. He died as a result of a single vehicle accident one mile from his home in Belden, Miss., on a return...
View ArticleGorman’s Furniture chairman Bernie Moray dies at 100
FRANKLIN, Mich. — Gorman’s Furniture chairman Bernard “Bernie” Moray passed away on Friday, Aug. 20, his 100th birthday. A native Detroiter, Moray began his career in the furniture industry in 1949...
View ArticleBedding industry veteran Marty Galex dies at 84
DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas — Bedding industry veteran Martin H. “Marty” Galex died Aug. 20 at the age of 84. Born in Chicago on Nov. 14, 1936 to Wilbur and Rose Galex, he attended Rock Island High School...
View ArticleUpholstery fabric sales rep Bud Frosh dies at 95
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Bernard William (Bud) Frosh, of the Sedgefield Country Club community in Greensboro, died at his home on July 17 at the age of 95. Frosh was born Sept. 6, 1925, in Columbus, Ohio, to...
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Statewide Furniture Liquidation owner Judge Canon dies
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Judge Canon, the national sales director and owner of Statewide Furniture Liquidation, passed away on April 8. Canon grew up in Lufkin, Texas, and began his career in retail as a...
View ArticleVeteran industry executive Bob Shaak dies at 78
LEXINGTON, N.C. — Robert Ray “Bob” Shaak, 78, of West Second Avenue, died Friday, Sept. 17 at his home after declining health. Shaak was born Dec. 14, 1942, in Lebanon, Pa., to Ray and Dorothy Fisher...
View ArticleMattress exec Terry Spears dies at 76
ROME, Ga. – Long time bedding executive and the founder of Heritage Sleep Concepts Terry Spears has died following a battle with cancer. He was 76. Spears spent 44 years in the mattress manufacturing...
View ArticleFormer bedding exec Alan Carlitz dies
NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Former bedding executive Alan Carlitz, who founded Superior Bedding in 1974, has died. He was 78. Carlitz began his career in the bedding industry in 1958 at Honor-Built Sleep...
View ArticleIndustry icon Paul Broyhill passes
BLOWING ROCK, N.C. — Paul Hunt Broyhill, furniture industry icon and philanthropist, passed away October 5, at age 97. He is survived by his wife, Karen Rabon Broyhill; his sister, Allene Broyhill...
View ArticleVeteran sales rep Tom Temple dies at 74
BIG CANOE, Ga. — Longtime industry sales representative Tom Temple died Oct. 13 at the age of 74. Temple grew up in Charlotte, N.c., and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,...
View ArticleIndustry sales rep Arnie Pollock dies at 85
SKANEATELES, N.Y. — Arnold “Arnie” Pollock, 85, of Skaneateles, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 27, at the Laurel House Hospice House in Newark, N.Y. Born in 1935 to Michael and Nettie Pollock in...
View ArticleManwah’s Gretchen Ray dies at 47
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Manwah USA’s Gretchen Ray, 47, passed away at her home on Nov. 8. Ray was born July 5, 1974, in Pensacola, Fla., and grew up in Buchanan, Mich. She graduated from Kendall College...
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