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Terry Town (UPIC:
TERRYTWN)—Aaron Bradley ,
strategic national account
manager
Victorinox Swiss Army, Inc.
(UPIC: Victorinox)—Melissa
Casey, mid-Atlantic regional sales
manager for corporate markets
Vitronic (UPIC: ACHIEVER)—
Joe Gavern, regional sales man-
ager for the West Coast
IN MEMORIAM
Industry veteran Maxwell M.
Bentley passed away on July 28.
He was 93. Bentley founded a
number of industry companies
during his time in the promotional
products business, including
Maxwell Bentley Mfg. Co. , EM
Stevens Corp. and Hill
Novelties Corp. The promotional
products industry runs in
Bentley’s family, with
his son Mitch operat-
ing the distributor
Pride-Mark
Promotions, Inc.,
which celebrates its
43rd year in business
this year, and his
younger son, Richard,
who retired from his
distributor Marketing Designs,
Inc. in 2006 after 24 years.
Born and raised in Brooklyn,
New York, Bentley enlisted in the
U.S. Navy in 1941 after graduat-
ing from the City College of New
York. He was stationed in New
York City, Virginia Beach, Virginia
and elsewhere before being
deployed to the South Pacific as
the communications officer on
the LST Flotilla Command Ship.
He served until the end of the
war, was at the invasion at
Okinawa and visited Nagasaki in
1945 before returning to the
United States. He was awarded
the American Campaign Medal,
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
(with star), and the World War II
Victory Medal.
Bentley was one of the
founders of the Malverne Jewish
Center in Malverne,
New York, where he
lived for 29 years. He
also contributed to a
number of charities
over the years. An avid
golfer and bridge
player, Bentley regu-
larly attended the the-
ater and other live
events. He exercised and
enjoyed water aerobics through
his 93rd birthday, and he traveled
extensively, including several trips
around the world during which
he designed and manufactured
gifts for his businesses.
He is survived by
his wife of 71 years,
Enid Bentley; his chil-
dren, Mitchell and
Karen Bentley, Richard
Bentley and Patti
Bentley; his grandchil-
dren Scott and Erin
Bentley, Jill and Chris
Saint, Steven and Elizabeth
Bentley, Kristin and Nick Kray,
Lauren and Aaron Aggerwal, and
Jennifer and Brendan Lynch; his
nine great-grandchildren; brother-
in-law, Jeffrey Lawrence, and
Marilyn Stiegler, devoted family
friend.
John “Jack” Goessling
passed away on August 18 at
the age of 87. His father estab-
lished Quick Point Pencil
Company—now Quick Point,
Inc. (UPIC: QUICKPT)—in 1928.
Goessling joined the company
as a young man and went on to
run the supplier.
Goessling was born in St.
Louis, Missouri and attended
John Burroughs School, then
Princeton University, where he
graduated Phi Beta Kappa in
1950. His career after
college included work-
ing for Argon at the
University of Chicago,
and for Dow Chemical
on military special
projects. He served as
an officer in the U.S.
Navy, stationed in
Honolulu, before
returning to St. Louis to run the
family business.
Quick Point employees
remembered Goessling’s dedica-
tion to his company, where he
continued to oversee daily opera-
tions even after retirement.
“Jack had a very hard time not
visiting his friends at Quick
Point,” a company statement
read. “He was truly loved and will
be missed tremendously by those
who knew and loved him.”
Goessling’s leisurely pursuits
included bird hunting and the out-
doors, and he listed beekeeping,
gardening and winemaking among
his interests. He also served on the
boards of Commercial Bank,
Kieffer Paper Mill and the John
Burroughs School.
Goessling was preceded in
death by his wife, Peggy. He is
survived by their six children;
Margaret “Pandy” Reiser, Jill
Dowd, Gay Goessling, Karen
Goessling, John Goessling, Jr.
and Wendy Wolfsberger; 11
grandchildren and seven great-
grandchildren.
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Dustin Smith
Michelle
Michelsen, CAS
Maxwell M.
Bentley
John “Jack”
Goessling
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