Oscar Mayer Dead

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- 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 age 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.

Mayer 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.

Comments

[Tom Joad]

next you'll be telling me Mr. Spam has died...

[LetsGetToWork]

Oscar Mayer, the Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee of mass produced bland meat products for the masses.

[strangelet]

WIENER.

Comes from Wien, which is German for Vienna.

[detwob]

The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan has a weiner mobile and sells weiner mobile trinkets including the little plastic whistles http://www.hfmgv.org/

[Whitley2009]

As I have tried to say earlier, when that Weinermobile came through my town, the men all had looks of intimidation on their faces, and the girls all had cunning smirks on theirs.

[PrairieDog]

I wonder if his casket will look like a giant bun.

[jalowe1957]

Me? I'm just thankful a genie didn't grant me three wishes and that I didn't sing the jingle, "Oh I Wish I Were an Oscar Meyer Wiener" while watching a television commercial featuring "Little Oscar."

(With apologies to Mary Tyler Moore)

[Faxus]

I LUV OSCAR MAYER WIENERS!

[bigsexyshaq]

Oops. It's spelled weiner. Sorry guys!

[bigsexyshaq]

I HATE IT! *EVERYBODY* is misspelling "wiener". Except a few, I mean really, you have a search function somewhere on the TOP of your screen. Type in it, and figure out how to spell one of the main parts of your tribute to Oscar Mayer. I am sure he didn't get where he was carelessly misspelling everything.

[HarrysLeSabre]

RIP, Mr. Mayer

It was an honor to meet you and to work for your fine company.


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[BlueZoo]

Will everyone play the Oscar Mayer weiner song on kazoos at his funeral, as they did when the long-time weiner mobile driver passed away? It would be so appropraite! RIP Mr. Mayer!

[Cloball]

Remember those little plastic weiner whistles? We had them in the 60's when we were kids. If they still make them, they could all use those!

[ObamacratDOTus]

No, but I do remember the Captain Crunch whistles that produced a perfect 2600 hz tone enabling the savvy to transfer phone calls to trunk lines and call around the world for free. Now THAT'S a whistle!

[Mongoose king]

I was in Madison Wisconsin on business a couple years ago and while driving to the airport,I passed by the meat plant and saw a couple of those weinermobiles parked in the parking lot. I had not seen one for over 30 years since growing up in Chicago ( now in California). It was quite a pleasant surprise to see one. .....Also I too would like to know if he ate his own hot dogs to age 95 :-) .

[Betrayed]

Madison's a great town. Many beautiful memories of that unique place.

[Krishnamurthi Ramachandran]

Mr.Oscar Mayer had developed food chains in to a big ways.this food chain is famous in American circles.
good worker.good organizer,and good to many.
He has shown from ordinary business to larger giant in hotel fields.
May his soul rest in peace.

[luvnwitch]

God bless you and keep you "Brother" Oscar Meyer..thanks for the memories
-Brian "Doc" S spring 94' Alpha Chi Rho, eta chi phi chapter

[Ripedia]

Wisconsin: Home to the best meat, cheese, beer, and maple syrup (yeah, screw you, Canada and Vermont).

[Betrayed]

You got that right, Ripedia.

It's also home to the greatest pro team of ANY sport,

The Packers!

Go Pack Go!