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Jun 15, 20211 min read
Randy Mound
Randy Mound… After leaving SuperValu in 2010, Fanny and I moved to Woodbury, MN, where I took a position with Target Corporation in the...
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Jun 15, 20212 min read
Chuck Barth
Chuck Barth… I am recently retired and doing GREAT! Deb has been retired for over 10 years and serving as a "nana" for our 2...
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Jun 15, 20212 min read
Dean Kelsey Update
Dean Kelsey… Petra and I are healthy and enjoying our 2 children and 5 grandchildren: Daniela 42, Lance 36, Ayden 13, Grifinn 8, Everley...
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Jun 15, 20212 min read
Terry Hanson Update
Terry Hanson… Susan and I are doing very well. We celebrated our 51st anniversary and we’re enjoying life. We have four children and...
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Jun 15, 20212 min read
Dick George
Dick George… Judy and I still live in Elmhurst in the same house we lived in during Osco and Ulta years. We are also fortunate enough to...
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Jun 15, 20211 min read
Bob and Bev Vonderhaar
Bob and Bev Vonderhaar... We're doing fine and living in Fountain Hills, AZ. Small town next to Scottsdale. So far we're house happy...
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Jun 14, 20213 min read
Mitch Oddo (1948 - 2014)
Thank you to all who took the time to put together some great recollections and stories about Mitch Oddo. For those who knew Mitch, this...
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Jun 14, 20212 min read
Gary Hunstiger
I’m truly honored to have worked with many of those talented people in my 47 years. As I looked at the company milestones I realized I...
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Jun 14, 20212 min read
Larry Wahlstrom
I just spent some time going thru old pictures, people magazines and other memorabilia. With the passing of time most of the strategies,...
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Jun 14, 20215 min read
Dick Davis
As of 2014, I have been retired 16 years and marvel at the camaraderie that exists in hundreds of our retirees. That speaks well for the...
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Jun 14, 20213 min read
Dave Maher
I joined Osco Drug in Iowa City Iowa, in 1963, while attending my final year of pharmacy school at the University of Iowa. I was hired by...
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Jun 14, 20212 min read
Jon ‘Tork’ Fuglestad
It's hard to imagine that it's been over 23 years since I retired. What a gift that has been for me and what a privilege it was for me to...
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Jun 14, 20216 min read
Bill Jacobs
Osco’s President Wes Christopherson hired me during the Company’s thirtieth anniversary year in 1967. I was privileged at that time to...
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Jun 14, 20213 min read
Arlyn White
In the fall of 1963, I was a sophomore at the University of Iowa in Iowa City in need of a job within walking distance from the...
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Jun 14, 20213 min read
Darnell Allen
The very first store I worked was located at 11255 South Michigan, in the Roseland area on the far Southside of Chicago. My dad, Edgar...
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Jun 14, 20213 min read
Terry Hanson
I have many fond and lasting memories from my 20 years in the business. I will always be thankful for the important role Osco played in...
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Jun 14, 20213 min read
Ron Grove
I started with the company in July of 1964. Prior to that time I was working at the Santa Fe Railroad. I was also attending Northwestern...
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Jun 14, 20214 min read
Dave Gillis
My introduction to Osco came in an interview I had with Fred Dearborn and Bill King on a Pharmacy recruiting trip to South Dakota State...
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Jun 14, 202110 min read
Dick George
In 1978, I was asked to rejoin Osco as Executive Vice President of Operations. It was a traumatic time. Was Jewel Companies selling...
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Jun 14, 202111 min read
Dick Cline
My time with Osco and the Jewel Companies ended in 1985, shortly after American Stores acquired everything that was Jewel. By that time,...
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