IN MEMORIAM

Nelson Shrager, 78, a co-owner/operator of Budget Uniform, a third- generation industrial uniform and facility services company in Gardena, CA, recently passed away following an illness, according to an e-mail from his son, Stephen P. “Steve” Shrager, the current president and CEO of Budget Uniform. Founded in 1959 by his father Saul, who relocated to Southern California from Detroit during World War II and settled in Los Angeles, Nelson agreed to join the new company shortly after graduating from high school. In 1967, they bought property in an industrial zone in the South Bay area ...