Oscar Mayer, Retired Chairman, Passes Away
10/07/2009 04:21
Oscar
Mayer has died. The retired chairman of the famous
Madison hot dog and lunch meat company passed away
this week in Fitchburg at a hospice care unit. He was
95.
He was the third Oscar Mayer in a family which founded the company that bore his name.
His father, Oscar G. Mayer Sr., died in 1965.
And his grandfather, Oscar F. Mayer, passed away in 1955.
Mayer retired as the company’s board chairman in 1977 when he was 62.
The firm had just recorded its first year with $1 billion in sales.
SINC SAYS:
That is sad. I always loved that little kid that sang their theme song. And who could forget the wienermobile?
He was the third Oscar Mayer in a family which founded the company that bore his name.
His father, Oscar G. Mayer Sr., died in 1965.
And his grandfather, Oscar F. Mayer, passed away in 1955.
Mayer retired as the company’s board chairman in 1977 when he was 62.
The firm had just recorded its first year with $1 billion in sales.
SINC SAYS:
That is sad. I always loved that little kid that sang their theme song. And who could forget the wienermobile?