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Meat-processing exec Oscar Mayer dead at 95

Was third with name to run company before selling it to General Foods

AP file Oscar G. Mayer retired as chairman of the board in 1977 at age 62 soon after the company recorded its first $1 billion year.

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MADISON, Wisconsin - Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Wisconsin-based meat processing company that bears his name, has died at the age of 95.

Mayer’s wife, Geraldine, said he died of old age Monday at Hospice Care in Fitchburg.

He was the third Oscar Mayer in the family that founded Oscar Mayer Foods, which was once the largest private employer in Madison. His grandfather, Oscar F. Mayer, died in 1955 and his father, Oscar G. Mayer Sr., died in 1965.

He retired as chairman of the board in 1977 at age 62 soon after the company recorded its first $1 billion year. The company was later sold to General Foods and is now a business unit of Kraft.

Mayer’s first wife, Rosalie, died in 1998. He married Geraldine Fitzpatrick in 1999.



How would you like to live to the age of 95?

For those who are unfamiliar with the company:

Oscar Mayer is an American meat and cold cut production company, owned by Kraft Foods, known for its hot dogs, bologna, bacon and Lunchables products.



History

German immigrant Oscar F. Mayer (March 29, 1859 in Neresheim – March 11, 1955) began working at a meat market in Detroit, Michigan, and later in Chicago, Illinois. In 1900 in Chicago, Oscar Mayer, along with his brother Gottfried, leased the Kolling Meat Market. The two sold bratwurst, liverwurst, and weißwurst and were popular in the predominantly German neighborhoods of Chicago around the market.

As the meat market's popularity grew, it expanded its storefront and sponsored local events including the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. By 1900 the company had 43 employees and Chicago-wide delivery service. In 1904 Oscar Mayer began branding its meats to capitalize on their popularity, beginning an industry-wide trend. In 1906 Oscar Mayer became one of the first companies to voluntarily submit to the newly-created Food Safety Inspection Service (part of the United States Department of Agriculture) for testing the purity of their products.

Oscar Mayer is also famous for their Wienermobile, which has toured the United States for over 70 years. The first Wienermobile was created in 1936, and six have since been built.

In 2007, the company was subject to an email hoax which claimed that Oscar Mayer did not support the United States military.

This is the famous :wah: weinermobile.

As a little girl in Chicago, I did see the actual vehicle. Small weinermoblie whistles were very popular at the time and given out to the kids.



Do you have similar memories of a toy or an unusual vehicle from your childhood?

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Here is an old commercial with the Oscar Meyer ditty:

YouTube - "Lost" Oscar Meyer Wiener Commercial

Oh, I've seen the Weiner Mobile and had a whistle!

along-for-the-ride;1214926 wrote: This is the famous :wah: weinermobile.

As a little girl in Chicago, I did see the actual vehicle. Small weinermoblie whistles were very popular at the time and given out to the kids.



Do you have similar memories of a toy or an unusual vehicle from your childhood?


oh gosh, yes, I well remember that.

Odie;1214945 wrote: oh gosh, yes, I well remember that.


Really ? You remember the weiner mobile ? I dont think so !

The weiner mobile is strictly an American icon. Its ours, not canadian with a small c.

Get your own icon like a clubbed seal or frozen moose or something.

GOD !

Nomad;1214947 wrote: Really ? You remember the weiner mobile ? I dont think so !

The weiner mobile is strictly an American icon. Its ours, not canadian with a small d.

Get your own icon like a clubbed seal or frozen moose or something.

GOD !


excuse me?

so your saying its never been on commercials here?



clubbed seals......don't even get me started!:-5:-5

GOD!

Odie;1214948 wrote: excuse me?



so your saying its never been on commercials here?





clubbed seals......don't even get me started!:-5:-5



GOD!


If it was on a commercial it was either pilfered or loaned as a treat to less fortunate icicle children. If anything they did it to taunt you.

Nomad;1214951 wrote: If it was on a commercial it was either pilfered or loaned as a treat to less fortunate icicle children. If anything they did it to taunt you.


I watched them in my igloo.

Odie;1214952 wrote: I watched them in my igloo.


And Im sorry about that but dont act like the weiner mobile is yours to have fond memories about.

Nomad;1214955 wrote: And Im sorry about that but dont act like the weiner mobile is yours to have fond memories about.


I've eaten them all my life, give me one memory eh?:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I wish I was an Oscar-Meyer wiener, that is what I truly want to be....





so there!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Odie;1214957 wrote: I've eaten them all my life, give me one memory eh?:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl



I wish I was an Oscar-Meyer wiener, that is what I truly want to be....









so there!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl


You can have one memory just not that one.

You can have Twinkies.

I actually saw this fellow in person and shook his hand when he came to Chicago on a promotion for Oscar Meyer products:

Notable Personalities

Born, Raised, or Became Famous in Lake, Porter Counties Indiana

and Surrounding Illinois Communities.

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George Molchan

aka "Little Oscar"

Born June 5, 1922 in Lanfair, Pennsylvania.

Died April 12, 2005.



George Molchan came to Gary in 1928 with his seven siblings and after High School, enrolled at Gary Community College. In 1951, he met Meinhardt Rabbe, one of the original "Wizard of Oz" munchkins who later became the original Oscar Meyer "Little Oscar". Raabe heard about Molchan while on a stop in Gary. Raabe, who wished to retire, offered the four feet, five inch Molchan the job as the Oscar Meyer mascot and he accepted. George traveled the country in the hotdog-shaped Weinermobile, passing out whistles and meeting the crowds. He appeared in commercials and on TV. He retired in 1987 and moved back to Hobart in 2001.





Source: Post-Tribune Kass Stone April 14, 2005 A13

Additional Information Links: nwi.com :: Wienermobile returns after 20-year hiatus







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An old commercial...................

Classic Oscar Mayer Commercial - MSN Video

Just Friday, my friend and I saw the Weiner Mobile driving south on I-90 as we were heading north. I haven't seen it for a while. Nice to know it is still around.

I love the prodcuts--- good stuff----too bad Oscar couldn't be processed into his bologna after his death as sort of a way to share with us. On the other hand, maybe he was.:wah: