Obituaries
By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, February 10, 2002
Ron Lewis, bedding veteran
PHOENIX — Ron Lewis, a longtime bedding industry executive and former chairman of Top 100 store Bedroom Superstore, has died. He was 52.
Lewis had battled a variety of health problems since suffering a stroke in October 1995.
He perhaps is best remembered for his tenure at Sealy, where he held several executive posts in the 1980s when the company was known as Ohio Mattress Co. Working under legendary Ohio Mattress Chairman Ernest Wuliger, his tenure included stints as president of the company's flotation bedding division and its Stearns & Foster luxury bedding unit.
In the 1990s, Lewis served as president of watermattress producer American National, and made a brief return to Sealy. He was an executive at Springwall Mattress when he was stuck by the stroke on an airplane flight.
Lewis retired in 1998 because of health problems but came out of retirement in late 1999 to take a part-time post as Bedroom Superstore's chairman. He stepped down last year after the retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Survivors include his wife and three children. His son, Ben, is a buyer for five Bedroom Superstore units in California.
Walter Rosenthal, longtime sales rep
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Sales representative Walter Rosenthal has died here. He was 72.
Rosenthal was a rep for 41 years. Most recently, his lines included Knickerbocker Bed Co. He was a member of the Upstate New York Sales Representatives Assn.
He is survived by his wife, two children, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Well Baby Nursery at the Women and Infant Center at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel. The address is Shaare Zedek Medical Center, 39 West 45th St., New York, N.Y. 10036.
Donald Leeman, retailer and rep
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Furniture retailer and sales representative Donald D. Leeman has died. He was 67. Leeman owned and operated Ideal Furniture here from 1959 to 1989. He then became a rep for several furniture lines.
He is survived by his wife, five children and seven grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Hospice at Riverside, 3535 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, Ohio 43214.
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