CEG - Thu June 27, 2024
Industry Veteran Richard (Dick) Kelly Sr. Passes Away
Richard (Dick) Kelly Sr. age 84 of Grayson, Ga., passed away June 21, 2024. Mr. Kelly was a longtime member of St. Oliver Plunkett Catholic Church and was owner of Dick Kelly & Associates in heavy equipment sales....
CEG/Bloomsdale Excavating - Tue June 25, 2024
Marvin Drury, Founder of Bloomsdale Excavating, Passes Away
Marvin Drury of Bloomsdale, Mo., passed away June 22, 2024, at age 99. Mr. Drury and his wife, Ethlyn, recently celebrated 77 years of marriage. After serving his country in World War II, Mr. Drury returned home and founded Bloomsdale Excavating....
Felling Trailers - Mon June 03, 2024
Remembering Felling Trailers' Kevin Athmann
Kevin Athmann, beam welder operator, joined the Felling Trailers team in November of 1999, initially working with the Finishing team, and then transitioned to weld production. "I was in Finishing for a couple of months when my dad, Vern Athmann, lead welder in the deck over trailers, asked me to help in bay 16 welding," said Athmann....
Milton CAT - Tue March 19, 2024
Milton CAT's Hank Spies Passes Away
Hank Spies, Milton CAT's longtime used equipment manager, passed away on Feb. 26th. Mr. Spies served in the United States Army from 1968 to 1974. After owning and running his own business, H.A.S....
CEG - Thu March 14, 2024
'J.D.' Gray of J.M. Wood Auction Co. Passes Away at 68
John Daniel "J.D." Gray, 68, of Prattville, Ala., passed away on Feb. 28, 2024. Born May 7, 1955, and a native of White City in north Autauga County, Ala., Mr. Gray was at the time of his death vice president and truck division manager of J.M....
Ronson Equipment Co. - Wed March 13, 2024
Ronson Equipment's Ronald Wietbrock Passes Away at 85
Ronald Wietbrock, 85, lifelong resident of Lowell, Ind., passed away March 7, 2024. Mr. Weitbrock was co-owner of the family business, Ronson Equipment. A construction equipment industry veteran for more than 50 years, he, along with his son, David, founded the company in Griffith, Ind., in August 2000....
Timber Harvesting & Forest Operations - Tue February 27, 2024
Equipment Innovator Paul Bell Dies at 66
Logging equipment innovator Paul Bell of Bell Equipment died Dec. 27, 2023. He was 66. Taking the southern U.S. pine plantation and natural stand conversion applications by storm in the late ‘80s with his odd-looking three wheel feller-buncher, Bell redesigned a machine originally meant for sugar cane plantation harvesting and turned it into a highly productive and flexible timber cutting system....
JM Wood Auction - Mon December 04, 2023
JM Wood Auction's Coy Timothy Irvin Passes Away
Coy Timothy Irvin, a beloved member of the J.M. Wood Auction family, passed away on Nov, 13, 2023, in Gulfport, Miss. Born on Nov. 22, 1956, in Amory, Miss., Mr. Irvin lived a life filled with love, adventure and cherished connections with his family, friends and customers....
Eagle Power & Equipment - Tue September 26, 2023
Tom Kelly, Former Eagle Power Service Representative, Passes Away
Tom Kelly, former Eagle Power service representative, passed away following a long illness. Philip "Tom" Thomas Kelly was born in Lansdale, Pa., in 1952. He was drawn to laboring with his hands on machines for a profession....
Goodfellow Corp. - Wed August 09, 2023
Goodfellow Corporation Mourns Passing of Its Founder
Lynn Udell Goodfellow was born on Dec. 29, 1941, in Los Angeles, Calif., and passed away suddenly on July 18, 2023, from a heart attack — an unexpected event — likely the only thing that could slow him down....
