Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $170
0%  
Woo hoo!! 3rd Qtr 2025 FReepathon is now underway!!

Keyword: jayvanandel

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Amway Co-Founder Jay Van Andel Dies

    12/07/2004 1:04:29 PM PST · by Pest · 98 replies · 2,696+ views
    AP via Fox News ^ | 12/7/04 | Unknown
    Amway Co-Founder Jay Van Andel Dies Tuesday, December 07, 2004 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Jay Van Andel (search), the co-founder of Amway Corp. (search) who helped parlay neighborhood soap sales into a billion-dollar business and later became a leading philanthropist for conservative causes, has died.
  • Jay Van Andel, co-founder of Amway, dies at 80

    12/07/2004 9:31:09 PM PST · by Salvation · 34 replies · 1,818+ views
    Email ^ | 12-07-04 | Obituary
    Jay Van Andel, co-founder of Amway, dies at 80 Company and community mourn loss of leader and philanthropist Jay Van Andel, co-founder of Amway Corp., died Tuesday, December 7, 2004, at his home in Ada, Mich. He was 80. He was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Betty, who passed away at their Caribbean home on Peter Island on January 18, 2004. He is survived by his sons Steve (Cindy) and David (Carol), and daughters Nan and Barb (Rick) Van Andel-Gaby. Van Andel is also survived by 10 grandchildren: Leigh, Jesse, Aaron, Kyle, Christian, Marie, Rachel, Jason,...