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IN MEMORIAM: Truly David Nolen
In this archive photo, Truly David Nolen stands with the 1961 VW Beetle that started the Mouse Car fleet — a company tradition that continues today with modern Beetles, and permeates the company’s...
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In Memoriam: Lloyd Smigel
Lloyd Merritt Smigel Pest Management Professional Magazine has learned that former columnist and longtime industry business consultant Lloyd Smigel has passed away after a three-year battle with...
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IN MEMORIAM: David Nimocks
David Nimocks III, PHOTO: Ensystex David Nimocks III, founder and Chairman of Ensystex Inc., died Aug. 13 in his hometown of Fayetteville, N.C. He was 64. The North Carolina State University graduate...
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IN MEMORIAM: Charles Clark
PHOTO: CLARK PEST CONTROL Charles Clark, founder of Clark Pest Control, passed away peacefully Sept. 15 at home in Lodi, Calif., surrounded by his family. He was 91. Clark, a World War II Navy veteran,...
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IN MEMORIAM: Dr. John Barcay, Larry Eichler, Ole Dosland
Dr. John Barcay. PHOTO: ECOLAB The pest management industry recently lost three leaders: Ecolab’s Dr. John Barcay of Burnsville, Minn., died on Nov. 19 at the age of 59; Prentiss’ Larry Eichler of...
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IN MEMORIAM: Kelly Swindle Jr.
Kelly Swindle Jr. Kelly Swindle Jr., past president and former owner of Avitrol, passed away Feb. 3. Swindle served as president of Avitrol, starting November 1972. Over time, he became the company’s...
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IN MEMORIAM: Charlie Jones
Charlie Jones. PHOTO: ARROW EXTERMINATORS Atlanta, Ga.,-based Arrow Exterminators has reflected in memory of the passing of their executive senior vice president of operations, Charlie Jones, on Feb....
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IN MEMORIAM: Dean May, BCE
Dean May, BCE Dean May, a board-certified entomologist (BCE) and sales manager for AMVAC Environmental Products, died suddenly on Sept. 18, 2020, while on a fishing trip in Colorado. The Plano, Texas,...
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IN MEMORIAM: J. Bryan Cooksey Jr.
Editor’s Note: Pest Management Professional has learned that McCall Service’s J. Bryan Cooksey Jr. died Oct. 27 at age 88. We send our sympathies to his family, friends and colleagues. What follows is...
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IN MEMORIAM: Fred Cliff
Fred Cliff Fred Cliff, longtime executive director of the South Carolina Pest Control Association (SCPCA), died Oct. 20 at age 86. Born in Louisiana in 1934, Cliff served in the Korean War as a Marine,...
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Longtime PMP magazine leader passes away
This photo of Jerry Mix was his longtime column photo. PHOTO: PMP ARCHIVES Pest Management Professional is saddened to report the loss of one of its most legendary staffers. Jerry Mix, age 82, passed...
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IN MEMORIAM: Randy Hames
Randy Hames Randy Hames, a ServSuite sales executive with Columbus, Ohio-based ServicePro, a ServiceTitan company, passed away July 9 from cancer. He was 71. “Randy was a team player,” ServicePro...
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IN MEMORIAM: Millard Oldham, Butch Cauthen
Millard Oldham Millard Oldham, who with his wife, Ada, co-founded Oldham Chemical Co. in 1966, died Sept. 26 at age 95. Both he and Ada are members of the Pest Management Professional Hall of Fame...
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IN MEMORIAM: Hal Stein
Hal Stein Pest Management Professional Hall of Famer Hal Stein (Class of 2005) passed away May 31 after a long illness. He was 90. What follows is his obituary as found on Legacy.com: Harold (Hal to...
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IN MEMORIAM: Mimie Zlotnik
Editor’s Note: The following is what Arnold Zlotnik, the son of Pestco founders Milton and Mimie Zlotnik, wrote on behalf of his mother, who passed away July 29, 2022. It has been edited and formatted...
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IN MEMORIAM: Gene White, BCE
Gene White, BCE Editor’s Note: Updated Sept. 26 to include memorial service information. The Pest Management Professional (PMP) magazine staff is saddened to report the loss of entomologist and...
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IN MEMORIAM: Matthew Snowball
Matthew Snowball Matthew Snowball passed away at The Christ Hospital on Feb. 13 at the age of 41. He fought a “a hard and courageous battle over the last six months against an aggressive cancer,”...
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IN MEMORIAM: Alan Huot
Alan Huot Wildlife Control Supplies President Alan Huot passed away on March 1 at 67 years old. He fought “a courageous & fierce battle with pancreatic cancer,” according to his obituary. He was...
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IN MEMORIAM: Rhonda Sande
Rhonda Sande The Pest Management Professional (PMP) team has lost one of their own. After a long, courageous battle with cancer, PMP Senior Manager of Production Services Rhonda Sande passed away June...
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In Memoriam: Stoy Hedges, BCE
Stoy Hedges Stoy Hedges, BCE, died July 9, 2023. For more than 40 years, Hedges was a pillar in the pest management industry, having worked for a variety of pest management companies across the Midwest...
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