In Memoriam

Donald Pedder, 77, Dan-ville, CT, a recently retired, 50-year laundry executive and association leader, passed away on Jan. 28, of COVID-19, according to stepson Bill Jones, a 35-year laundry industry veteran who’s general manager of Hospital Laundry Service, Ft. Wayne, IN. Jones praised his late stepfather as a creative, detail-oriented leader with an indefatigable work ethic. “He was so innovative. That has always stuck with me,” says Jones, who entered the industry in 1986 at Aratex, under Pedder’s guidance. He praised Pedder’s financial acumen, particularly, given the tight-profit margins facing healthcare operators, where Pedder spent much of ...