A generous member of the community recently donated a collection of photographs, records and other memorabilia from the Malcolm Furniture Company to Stratford-Perth Archives. The donation included multiple copies of the last staff photograph taken in Listowel on July 19, 1990, the day before the plant there closed down. If you would like one of…
Andrew Malcolm Furniture Company staff photographs available
SubmittedJuly 17, 2025 @ 7:50 amColumns, Listowel Banner, Pieces of the Past

On July 19, 1990 over one hundred of the last staff members of the Andrew Malcolm Furniture Company gathered to take the photograph seen here. They are: First row (sitting from left): Marcel Van Leeuwen, Rhys Williams, Donna Toth, Sharon Cullen, Ken Perrott, Jim Edwards, Sep Richardson, Shirley Barr, Don Hewitt (Vice President /General Manager and Andrew Malcom employee for over 30 years), Wally Turner, Jim Aitken, Russ Ebel, Doug Gowing, Irene Rozendal, JoAnn Konings, Dale Bartmann. Second row from left: Jack Murray, John DaPonte, Brad Black, Rick Heckman, Laura Jacklin, Hope Miller, JoAnne Harrison, Aagje Orth, Milt Fischer, Ross Kitchen, Brad Gowing, Steve Hewitt, Ken Gowing, Robert Fischer, Bruce Hill, Pat Dodds, Ken Fischer, Christine Jacques, Jean Murray, Harold Kumm, Lynda Gibson, Susan Jacklin. Third row from left: Victor Hill, Barb Storozuk, Yvonne Blinn, Lorie Sperry, Sherrin Digulla, Mary Dilworth, Charlene Clark, Peter Miller, Donna Clark, Elaine McClennan, Ted Johnson, Sheri Mason. Lisa Hamilton, Donna Schill, Carol Miller, Gilbert Hethrington, Joan Smith, Darlene Sisson, Margaret Rock, Cathy Binning, Kay Tinkess, Marlene Johnston, Judy Campbell. Fourth rowfrom left: Cathy Borton, Cheryl Mulholland, Monika Bloechinger, Marjorie Struthers, Dianne Scheerings, Robert Ebel, Warren Miller, Wenda Bingham, Karen Hamilton, Karen Marshall, Ann McKenzie, Paul Marshall, Norman Gooding, Larry Lorenz, Leanne Kelly, Debbie Szipocs, Doreen Cardiff, Doris Tomadini, Elizabeth Curtis, Bill MacDonald, Dianne Keeso, Bonnie Worley, Beverly Cregan, Christine Rollins, Roxanne Vienneau, Evelyn Napier, Sharon Taylor. Fifth row from left: Roy Orth, Paul King, Percy Coulter, Harvey Small, Bill Rayson, Harold Hall, Robert McMicheal, Robert Wisser, Harold Orth, Harry Fair, Greg Williams, William Geiger. Sixth row from left: Donald Schade, Harold Quipp, Dale Litt, Ron Walters, Harry Gallop, Mark Heard, Joseph Priester, Sil Tomadini, Brett Bauer, Ray Weber, Jim Guerin, Patrick Hill, Philip Legge. (Stratford Perth Archives photo)

