CEG - Wed February 19, 2020
Robert (Bob) Erb Passes Away
Robert L. S. (Bob) Erb, chairman of the board of Erb Equipment Companies, headquartered in Fenton, Mo., passed away on Feb. 9, 2020, after a battle with leukemia. Mr. Erb was the son of Alvin G. Erb, founder of Erb Equipment Company, and Hilda C....
WCVB5 - Mon February 03, 2020
DPW Worker Shot, Killed in Lawrence
In Lawrence, Mass., a city worker was shot and killed Jan. 15 while working on road repairs. The Essex District Attorney's Office identified the victim as Marcos A. Ruiz-Rodriguez, 52, of Methuen. He was a Lawrence Department of Public Works employee who was making road repairs on Andover Street at about 2 p.m....
Mon January 13, 2020
Southeastern Machinery Founder Passes Away at 77
Kenneth R. Richbourg, 77, of Savannah, Ga., died Dec. 28, 2019. Mr. Richbourg served in the U.S. Navy from 1959-1963 aboard the USS Midway. Following his military service, he began a lifelong career in the heavy equipment business....
JCB - Tue January 07, 2020
Tributes Paid To JCB Employee Number Three Who Died at Age 86
Tributes have been paid to a former JCB employee who joined the company as a teaboy and rose through the ranks to become a director. Bill Hirst, who was the third person recruited by JCB in 1947, passed away Jan....
AGC of Minnesota - Tue November 12, 2019
Mortenson Construction's M.A. Mortenson Passes Away at 82
Mortenson Construction's M.A. "Mort" Mortenson passed away on Nov. 9 at his home in Edina, Minn. He was 82. Mr. Mortenson served as the recognizable, highly revered and respected president of Golden Valley-based Mortenson until stepping down in 2015....
Chris MacAllister - Mon October 28, 2019
MacAllister Machinery's P.E. MacAllister Passes Away at 101
A Tractor Salesman is what he called himself. Roads and the machinery that built them were part of his life growing up in rural Wisconsin. His father, EW MacAllister, worked for the county highway department and became adept at building and maintaining roads....
Wed October 09, 2019
Patrick Flanagan of Niece Products of Kansas Dies
Patrick Richard Flanagan, chief operating officer of Niece Products of Kansas, Fort Scott, Kan., died on Sept. 2, 2019. Born on Dec. 9, 1952, Mr. Flanagan was a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy Class of 1976....
CEG - Thu August 29, 2019
Industry Veteran Bruce Knapp Dies
Bruce Stuart Knapp, husband and father of three, passed away on Aug. 20, 2019, at age 70. Mr. Knapp was born on March 10, 1949, in Corning, N.Y., to Floyd and Mary Helen (Stuart) Knapp. As a young boy, he helped out on the family farm, Stuart & Sons Dairy....
Craig Mongeau - CEG Editor in Chief - Mon June 24, 2019
Earthborne Inc. Founder, Richard 'Rick' Taylor, Passes Away at Age 68
Richard "Rick" D. Taylor of Ivyland, Pa., died June 6, 2019, at his residence surrounded by his family. He was 68. Mr. Taylor was a former resident of Horsham before moving to Ivyland in 1985. He was a graduate of Millersville University and he continued his graduate studies at Trenton State University....
CEG - Tue June 18, 2019
Former Empire Southwest President John O. Whiteman Passes Away at 79
John O. Whiteman, former president and chairman of Empire Southwest Co., passed away on May 30, 2019 at age 79. He is survived by his wife Betty, son Jeff Whiteman (Holly), daughter Christy Wilson (Jim), son Eric Whiteman (Sarah), stepsons Stephen Taylor (Todd), Christopher Taylor (Jenny), 16 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren and sister Jinx Patterson....
