Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Mon August 08, 2022
Blanchard Machinery CEO, President Joe Blanchard Passes at Age 60
The construction industry in the Southeast lost a great and trusted friend on Thursday, July 14 when Joseph Rozier Blanchard, the president and CEO of Blanchard Machinery Company in West Columbia, S.C., passed away surrounded by his loved ones at his Charleston home following a brief battle with cancer....
Michigan CAT - Mon August 08, 2022
Former Michigan CAT President, Jerry Jung, Passes Away
Born May 27, 1953, in Sheboygan, Wis., Jerrold Mark Jung, former president of Michigan CAT, passed away July 14, 2022. Growing up in Birmingham, Mich., Mr. Jung's initiative and entrepreneurial spirit were apparent from an early age, when he founded a snow removal business as a child....
Bomag - Thu July 07, 2022
Bomag Americas Remembers Long-Time Team Member Bert DeJong
Bomag Americas announced the passing of Bert DeJong, a company leader and industry veteran for more than 30 years. DeJong is well remembered for being smart, honest and fair and an industry pioneer who helped drive success for both rental customers and Bomag....
C.E. Rentals - Wed July 06, 2022
C.E. Rentals Family Mourns Its Founder, Stanley R. Sloan
Stanley R. Sloan, founder of Contractors Equipment Rentals in Elmhurst, Ill., passed away on June 28, surrounded by his family. He would have been 91 on July 4. A native of Detroit, Mich., where he spent his childhood and young adulthood, he was an Air Force Veteran of the Korean war with four years of military service....
ALL Crane - Mon June 20, 2022
Michael C. Liptak, Co-Founder of ALL, Dies at 91
The principal architect of the heavy lift equipment rental category and driving force behind The ALL Family of Companies has passed away. Michael C. Liptak was 91. Together with his wife, Marvine, and brothers, Lawrence and Jake, Mr....
Weyerhaeuser - Thu June 16, 2022
Weyerhaeuser Mourns Passing of George H. Weyerhaeuser Sr.
George Weyerhaeuser Sr., former Weyerhaeuser Company CEO and president and great-grandson of the company's founder Frederick Weyerhaeuser, died June 11 at the age of 95. Mr. Weyerhaeuser served as president and CEO from 1966 to 1991 and continued to serve as board chairman through 1999....
H&R Construction Parts & Equipment - Thu June 16, 2022
H&R Construction Equipment Parts Announces Passing of Founder Stephen D. Hansen
H&R Construction Parts & Equipment Inc. (H&R) announced the passing of one of its founders, Stephen D. Hansen, who passed away on June 11, 2022, at the age of 69 years old. "We are saddened by the passing of one of H&R's founders, Steve Hansen," said Nick Ecker, general manager of the construction division of All States Ag Parts....
Monique Hughes - Thu April 14, 2022
David (D.J.) Jacob Hughes Jr. Passes Away at Age 80
David (D.J., Dave) Jacob Hughes Jr. passed away March 26, 2022, in Thomasville, Ga., at the age of 80. Mr. Hughes was the fifth child of eight children born to David Jacob Hughes and Viola Johnson Hughes....
CEG - Thu April 07, 2022
Former CC&T Territory Rep Robert P. Ronca Passes Away, 75
Robert P. Ronca died at his home March 21, 2022, at the age of 75. He was the son of the late Martin J. (AKA Matz) and Roberta (Harter) Ronca of Fountain Hill, Pa. He was married to Deborah L. Ronca for 40 years....
Hawthorne Cat - Thu March 17, 2022
James Thomas “Tom” Hawthorne Passes Away at Age 93
Hawthorne Cat, the exclusive Cat equipment dealer in San Diego, the Hawaiian Islands and the Pacific Region, has announced the passing of James Thomas "Tom" Hawthorne on March 10, 2022, at the age of 93....
