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Jul 11, 20212 min read
Gail Brown
Gail Brown recently joined the Alumni Club and shares these thoughts. The date was January 7, 1979; Yes, a long time ago.........This was...
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Jul 11, 20212 min read
Ruby & Howard Koesterer
Howard Koesterer provides this update: I was born in Freeburg, Illinois about 25 miles from St. Louis. In my teenage years I worked in...
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Jul 11, 20211 min read
Tom Byrne
Tom Byrne writes: I joined Jewel in 1964 and retired in 1990. From 1969 I was in charge of construction for Jewel, but that also meant...
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Jul 11, 20211 min read
Vic Lund
Victor Lund (Vic), 61, joined Skaggs Companies in 1977 as director of financial planning. Prior to his employment at Skaggs, he was a...
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Dave Biderman
Dave Biderman retired from SUPERVALU in February 2010 after a 33 year career in the food and drug industry which started with Osco Drug...
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Michael Damon
In February 2010, Michael Damon, Market Manager for Waterloo, Iowa retired after celebrating 30 years of service with Osco (and later...
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Sharon Cartwright
On November 27, 2009 Sharon Cartwright retired after 37 years of service with Osco. During those years, Sharon worked in the...
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Larry Wahlstrom
Larry Wahlstrom retired as president of SUPERVALU's Shaw's/Star Market banner on August 28, 2009. Included in this article are photos...
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Bryan Shirtliff
On January 19, 2010, Rite Aid annouced that Bryan Shirtliff will be appointed to the position of Senior Vice President of Business...
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Carol Binnie-Bartkowicz
After over 30 years, I have been “retired” again. My latest stint with Jewel-Osco lasted just over 5 years. Since I originally departed...
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Mary Gallivan
Mary Gallivan provided this update October 2009: My husband Tom and I bought a townhouse in Colorado Springs about 3 years ago thinking...
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Bob Maag
Bob Maag writes us October 2009: It's hard to believe I'm retired but I am enjoying this new life style. My last day at our Jewel Osco...
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John Roehm
Article below from Connections November 2009 If any alumnus, having worked in either the merchandising or pharmacy departments between...
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Jul 11, 20211 min read
Maury Freidson
Enjoyed a 40-year career with Sav-on Drugs; the last 23 years were as a District Manager. Retired in 1994. After 12 years of retirement,...
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Lorraine Pflug
Spends winters in Florida as she doesn't like the snow and cold anymore!
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Betty BalleuAllen
Betty continues to live at Aspen Meadows in Billings, MT. She and her niece Judy Foster enjoy lots of good times, concerts and ice cream....
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Roger Carpenter
Roger Carpenter joined Osco in 1967, shortly after graduating from the University of Nebraska Pharmacy School. His first store...
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Stan Carlson
After graduating from Northwestern University in 1964, Stan Carlson joined Jewel Food Stores as a management trainee. Two years later,...
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Gerry Pearsall
Gerry Pearsall joined Osco in 1979 as a part-time camera clerk at #972 Lowell, Massachusetts while a sophomore in high school. During...
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Dean Kelsey
Dean Kelsey graduated from the University of Illinois with a Marketing degree in 1969. He started his Osco career at the Ashland Ave....
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