Obituaries
The Fresh Produce & Floral Council is saddened to learn of the loss of Harland Heath.
Angelo Caputo’s Fresh Markets founder and patriarch Angelo Caputo died June 16 at the age of 89.
Sabine Henry, tropical manager and salesperson at Central American Produce for almost two decades, passed away August 30.
Fresh Produce and Floral Council have received the sad news that Wayne Snodgrass, of Loomis Distributing, Inc. and formerly Apio, Inc., has passed away.
In 1978, Jorge Aguilar Heredia formally founded AGGALL Coliman Group, with the inauguration of the first sales center in Hermosillo, Sonora in northern Mexico.
Marcela Riquelme, logistics and operations coordinator at the Vanguard International office in Santiago, Chile, has died.
The U.S. produce industry mourns the loss of a beloved community leader, fresh produce industry veteran, and supreme family man Franz Warren De Klotz.
USDA has announced actions the agency said will further its commitment to farmworkers, meatpacking workers and grocery store workers by recognizing their essential role in America’s food system.
Organics Unlimited sadly announces the passing of organic banana pioneer Carlos Cortes, Sr., the farmer who commercially introduced organic bananas to the United States in 1974.
Celebrated Colorado grower Bob Sakata, 96, died June 7.
Winifred Mary Pandol, nee Zaninovich, died Saturday, June 25, in Bakersfield, Calif., the company announced.
Dan Sholl, 44, an executive in the fresh produce industry and a former general manager of Sacramento-based Wild About Sprouts, has died.
The industry lost another “produce man” recently.
Florida citrus leader Al Finch, 55, died June 21.
Tjerandsen, 80, died Nov. 8 in Sonoma, Calif.
Known for his passion for radicchio and Italian specialties, Marchini leaves behind a fresh produce legacy.
The International Fresh Produce Association has issued a release mourning the death of Ron Carkoski, retired CEO of Four Seasons Produce and a past chair of United Fresh Produce Association.
Matiasevich, 76, was co-founder and president of Fullerton, Calif.-based Veg-Land Sales Inc. and its subsidiaries, including JBJ Distributing and Flowerland.
Craig Fox, executive vice president at Fox Packaging, died on Feb. 1.
Pam Durrence Dasher, a farmer, businesswoman and Vidalia sweet onion pioneer, died July 24 at age 79.
Mike Bowe, president of B&B Imports Inc., has announced the recent passing of colleague Fred Van Zandt, who died June 7 after a brief battle with brain cancer.
Longtime produce industry journalist Tad Thompson, who wrote for The Packer and other publications, died April 8.
Andrew Balducci, owner of the Balducci’s food store in New York’s Greenwich Village, died March 22. He was 92.
(UPDATED, April 17) Rick Antle, 61, died April 14, leaving what family and friends say will be an enduring legacy.
Long-time East Coast tomato industry operator Batista Madonia, 81, has died.
David Allen Lund, who founded and led the Allen Lund Co., has died.
Samuel Strock, long-time president of Chelsea, Mass.-based S. Strock & Co., died Dec. 5.
David and Jean Warren, founders of Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Central American Produce Inc., have died.