Obituaries
By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, February 4, 2007
Tom Zaliagiris, upholstery exec
Newton, N.C. — Upholstery manufacturing veteran Tom Zaliagiris has died from a sudden illness. He was 50.
For the past two years, Zaliagiris was marketing director at upscale upholstery producer Southwood. Before that, he was president of high-end upholstery companies Bentley Churchill and Taylor King.
Zaliagiris was a standout on Dean Smith's basketball teams at the University of North Carolina in the 1970s.
Survivors include his fiancé, mother, daughter, two sons, brother and three sisters.
Memorials may be made to Thomas Zaliagiris' Children College Fund, c/o Tom Zaliagiris Jr., 3475 Duck Pond Drive, Conover, N.C. 28613; Tom Zaliagiris Memorial Fund at Detroit Catholic Central High School, 27225 Wixom Road, Novi, Mich. 48374; UNC-Chapel Hill Intramural Sports Program, Tom Zaliagiris Memorial, P.O. Box 309, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514-0309.
'Vic' Vecchione, Trend Manor
City Of Industry, Calif. — Julian "Vic" Vecchione, founder and president of manufacturer Trend Manor Furniture, has died after a brief illness. He was 90.
A World War II veteran, Vecchione and partner Frank Roberts launched a modern occasional furniture business, Hallmark Furniture, in 1945.
The company first shared 10,000 square feet with a casket maker. In 1949, Vecchione bought out Roberts and moved the newly named Trend Manor Furniture to a new Los Angeles factory. The company now makes solid-wood furniture in a 75,000-square-foot facility here.
In 1997, the California Furniture Manufacturers Assn. named Trend Manor manufacturer of the year. In 2002, the San Francisco Mart awarded Vecchione its Lifetime Platinum Pass. At that time, he had exhibited at the SFM for 55 years. Until the last three weeks of his life, Vecchione spent six days a week at the factory. The company will be run by his son, Ted, who worked by his father's side for 35 years.
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