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Bernard “Bernie” Marcus, the co-founder of The Home Depot, died Monday at the age of 95. According to a news release from Home Depot, Marcus was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants and grew up in a tenement in Newark, …

John H. Mize Jr., 84, former Blish-Mize Co. president and CEO, passed away on Oct. 22 after a short illness. Originally from Atchison, Kansas, Mize graduated from Atchison High School, attended the University of Kansas and later graduated from St. …

Norbert Allen Newman, 71, of Greenwood, Indiana, passed away unexpectedly on November 27. He was born on September 6, 1951, in Canandaigua, New York, to Danny Harry Newman and Lellean Joyce (Ostrander) Newman. Norbert graduated with a degree in architecture …

Robert C. Hudson Jr., passed away peacefully and with grace on June 24, 2022, in his Chicago home. Mr. Hudson was the fourth generation chairman emeritus of H.D. Hudson Manufacturing Co., which his great-grandfather started in 1905. Headquartered in Lowell, …

Home improvement innovator Richard Grandy died in Texas on March 21, 2022. He was 76 years old. Richard was born February 13, 1946, in Croswell, Michigan, where he was also raised. He graduated from Cros-Lex High School and then Michigan …

Jim Jenkins, founder of the Bannister and Jenkins Hardware Co., died on July 27, 2021 at age 96. He was an icon in the home improvement industry and one of the earliest Home Hardware retailers in Canada. Jenkins was a …

Home improvement industry pioneer and former Hardware Retailing editor Bob Vereen has died at age 96. He was born Sept. 8, 1924 in Stillwater, Minnesota. He spent his professional life covering the home improvement channel, visiting countless home improvement stores …

Don Hasson, president and chief executive officer of House-Hasson Hardware, America’s largest independent regional hardware distributor, has died. Mr. Hasson, 70, died Monday, Feb. 15, at Duke University Medical Center of complications from COVID-19. James K. Hasson, Jr., the company’s …