In Memoriam

Bernard ‘Bernie’ Gitlow, 95, former TRSA treasurer and board member, laundry operator, consultant and lifelong industry advocate, passed away on Dec. 16, 2021, at Lenox Hospital in New York City. Donald Struminger, a former TRSA chairman (1977-’79) praised Gitlow’s business acumen. “Bernie was always inventive,” said Struminger, who is CEO and chairman of the board of Your Linen Service, a regional operator based in Petersburg, VA. “At least every other month, he would call me with some new project he was working on.” Gitlow was part of a family of laundry innovators who also were prominent in ...