Francis J. Plym
Sept. 16, 1869-Jan. 12, 1940
Niles Daily Star, Friday, January 12, 1940, page 1, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library
F.J. PLYM, INDUSTRIALIST, DEAD
BULLETIN
Business Leader,
Philanthropist,
Stricken Today
Francis J. Plym, Niles industrialist, philanthropist and president of the Kawneer company and Star Publishing company, died at 3:15 this afternoon.
Mr. Plym had been ill about ten days and had apparently been improving, when death struck suddenly.
Mr. Plym was 70 years old last September. Active to the last he had continued his executive work at the Kawneer plant, had carried on his daily routine of exercise, work and recreation until his most recent illness.
In doing so he had carried out his own theories that work was the all-enduring release from boredom and a means of remaining perpetually young.
News of his death came as a staggering blow to his family, his close friends and hundreds who have been associated with him in business and social contacts.
His interests were varied. Architecture was his profession and remained an absorbing interest even after he had left the profession to enter the industrial field.
Honors have come to him in professional, educational and other lines of service. He was knighted in 1938 for his efforts in directing the American-Swedish Tercentenary, an honor conferred upon him by the king of Sweden.
His passing came after a pleasant holiday season with his family, four of whom survive--Mrs. Plym, his son, Lawrence, and two daughters, Mrs. Jack Troup and Mrs. George Grimes.
Arrangements for the funeral are incomplete.