Obituaries

May 23, 1953 – March 12, 2021 Michael Hart, best known as the editor-in-chief for Tradeshow Week, died on March 12, 2021, at age 67, after...

June 4, 1954 – Feb. 16, 2021 Tom Miller, 66, who had retired to Florida in 2015, passed away on Feb. 16. His 32 years...

Sept. 2, 1940 – Feb. 1, 2021 Tom Fisher, 80, of Kansas City, Mo., passed away unexpectedly on Feb. 1. He was the office manager/staff...

June 7, 1939- January 20, 2021 The exhibit industry lost a giant with the passing of Larry Crumlish on January 20. It’s no exaggeration to...

June 19, 1935 - February 10, 2021 Flooring industry entrepreneur Shelby C. Peeples, Jr., 85, who founded Emerald Carpet in 1976, passed away peacefully at...

Exhibit City News sends our condolences for all who passed in 2020. Please send an email to newsdesk@exhibitcitynews.com if a dear co-worker has passed so...

Aug. 28, 1959 – Dec. 15, 2020 Dave Mata—better known as “Mata”—was the national operations manager at Global Experience Specialists, based in La Grange, Ill....

(Pictured above L-R: Walter Barker and brother Yong Turner) September 20, 1965 - December 19, 2020 Walt Barker, a Teamster foreman in the Washington, D.C.,...

May 17, 1949 - October 18, 2020 David Barry Nau, an award-winning creative designer/manager passed away Oct. 18 of natural causes in Medford, Oregon. He...

Feb. 3, 1969 – Sept. 21, 2020 Metro Exhibit Corp. owner Brian Everett Phebus, 51, of Naperville, Ill., passed away on Sept. 21. He was...