Obituary

Obituary: Jeffrey Alan Swartz, Powerhouse Advertising

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Swartz founded the Virginia-based distributorship and ran it for almost 30 years.

Obituary: Jim Laubach, Century Manufacturing

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The founder and owner of the Kansas-based supplier, Laubach sold the business to a long...

Obituary: Patricia Payer-Kane

Payer-Kane was a former promo industry exe...

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Obituary: Joe Eberz, Joe Eberz & Associates

The much-loved multi-line rep spent nearly...

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Obituary: Michael Drummond Burky, M. Burky & Associates

He was a multi-line representative for mor...

Obituary: Marsha Miller, AIA/LogoTools

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A past president of the Gold Coast Promotional Products Association, Miller was known i...

Obituary: Allen Stern, Proforma Allen Stern Marketing

Promogram Canada

He was a beloved member of the Canadian industry and a Proforma owner for more than a d...

Promo Reflects On the Passing of Peter Seidler

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A private equity ace who owned the San Diego Padres, Seidler was a past owner of Top 40...

Obituary: Remembering Fred Oesen

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In the wake of the passing of one of the North American promo market’s brightest lumina...

Obituary: Michael W. Dyas, Sterling Cut Glass

Dyas built the family-run supplier into a ...

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Obituary: Lewis (Lewie) Hunt Jr., The Hunt Group

He mentored several with a strong work eth...

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Obituary: David Katseff, MasterCast LTD

Katseff’s son Joshua is now running the su...

Obituary: Gerald ‘Jerry’ Benstock, Superior Group of Companies

Benstock spent 60 years as CEO and chairma...

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Friends of Late Industry Leader Steve Friedman Use Merch to Raise Cancer-Battling Funds

Top 40 distributor BAMKO is backing the ef...

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Founder of Orbus Exhibit & Display Group Has Died

A revered leader in the exhibit industry, ...

Obituary: David Lage, Quick Point

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Inventive, entrepreneurial and widely liked and respected in the industry, the former p...

Obituary: Phyllis A. Hohenwald, Spartan Promotional Group

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Hohenwald co-founded the Minnesota distributorship with her husband in 1966 and won a l...

Obituary: Harold Bauer, Emporium Leather Co. Inc./The Royce Collection

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The family-owned business he led has become synonymous with high-quality corporate and ...

Promo Veteran Steve Friedman Has Passed Away From Pancreatic Cancer

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Friedman was the founder of former Top 40 firm Tangerine Promotions. He was currently w...

Obituary: Stuart James Johnson, CFS Promotions

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Johnson, who founded the supplier firm and ran it in partnership with his wife, Sharon,...

Obituary: Irving Kannett, Irving Kannett & Associates

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The 101-year-old promo pro ran a successful distributorship in Chicago and worked well ...