1/3/2012 12:40:00 PM
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OBITUARY: FIN Co-Publisher Ann Bisgyer Wolz
Ann Bisgyer Wolz, 56, co-publisher of Fastener Industry News, died January 2, 2012, at her home in Portland, Oregon.
She first worked in the fastener industry during high school for her stepfather, Eric Cohn, at Allied Int’l.
After earning a masters degree from George Washington University, her first job was in college administration; then she entered the trade show industry in New York City.
Ann returned to the fastener industry when she and spouse John Wolz acquired Fastener Industry News in 1994 and they shared co-publisher titles.
In addition to handling the business side of FIN, she owned and operated Expo Experts, a trade show management firm. Her trade show and meeting planning expertise aided FIN’s news coverage of industry events.
Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993, she went through numerous treatments to put the disease in remission. She began participating in the annual Race-for-the-Cure. In 2000 she was diagnosed with a reoccurrence of breast cancer. Her textbook life expect-ancy at that point was one to three years.
She never let 11 years of aggressive chemotherapies, radiation and multiple other treatments stop her from a full life of managing businesses, travel and family and friends. She was proud to declare, “I’ve lived past my expiration date.”
Before breast cancer was talked about as publicly, Nancy Roberts, Fran Sachs and Ann were on a panel of breast cancer survivors at an NFDA spouse program during the late 1990s.
Survivors include her spouse; mother Barbara Bisgyer Cohn, Portland, OR; sisters Susan Bisgyer, McMinnville, OR, and Marcia Bisgyer, Rye, NY; brothers Andy Cohn of Duncan Bolt, and Lee Cameron, New York, NY.
A celebration of life is being planned for January 21, 2012, in Oregon.
Memorial donations may be made to the Ann Bisgyer Metastatic Fund at the Portland Komen Race for the Cure, 1500 SW 1st #270, Portland, OR 97201 or online: komenoregon.org/Donate/.
Messages to the family may be sent to FIN, 2207 NE Broadway #300, Portland, OR 97232. E-mail: FIN@GlobalFastenerNews.com
Ann Bisgyer Wolz, 56, co-publisher of Fastener Industry News, died January 2, 2012, at her home in Portland, Oregon.
She first worked in the fastener industry during high school for her stepfather, Eric Cohn, at Allied International.
After earning a masters degree from George Washington University, her first job was in college administration; then she entered the trade show industry in New York City.
Ann returned to the fastener industry when she and spouse John Wolz acquired Fastener Industry News in 1994 and they shared co-publisher titles.
In addition to handling the business side of FIN, she owned and operated Expo Experts, a trade show management firm. Her trade show and meeting planning expertise aided FIN’s news coverage of industry events.
Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993, she went through numerous treatments to put the disease in remission. She began participating in the annual Race-for-the-Cure. In 2000 she was diagnosed with a reoccurrence of breast cancer. Her textbook life expectancy at that point was one to three years.
She never let 11 years of aggressive chemotherapies, radiation and multiple other treatments stop her from a full life of managing businesses, travel and family and friends. She was proud to declare, “I’ve lived past my expiration date.”
Before breast cancer was talked about as publicly, Nancy Roberts, Fran Sachs and Ann were on a panel of breast cancer survivors at an NFDA spouse program during the late 1990s.
Survivors include her spouse; mother Barbara Bisgyer Cohn, Portland, OR; sisters Susan Bisgyer, McMinnville, OR, and Marcia Bisgyer, Rye, NY; brothers Andy Cohn of Duncan Bolt, and Lee Cameron, New York, NY.
A celebration of life is being planned for January 21, 2012, in Oregon.
Memorial donations may be made to the Ann Bisgyer Metastatic Fund at the Portland Komen Race for the Cure, 1500 SW 1st #270, Portland, OR 97201 or online: komenoregon.org/Donate/.
Messages to the family may be sent to FIN, 2207 NE Broadway #300, Portland, OR 97232. E-mail: FIN@GlobalFastenerNews.com
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