Former FOHBC President Ralph Van Brocklin Dies Suddenly 09 September 2018 The FOHBC is getting sad news today that our fellow collector and past FOHBC president Ralph Van Brocklin died suddenly last evening in Johnson City, Tennessee as he apparently suffered a heart [...]
We lose a Great Leader in our Hobby - Gene Bradberry 20 June 2017 (R•062117) Just hearing from Tom Phillips that long-time FOHBC member, past president and Hall of Famer Gene Bradberry passed away this morning. Obituary for Ollie Eugene [...]
Loss of our friend ... Bob Ferraro It is with great sadness that we hear of the passing of Bob Ferraro in Boulder City, Nevada. Bob was many things including a great bottle collector, politician, business man, human being and [...]
Passing of my friend - John “Jerry” Strubel Hi Ferdinand, Just wanted to bring to the attention of the bottle collecting community concerning the passing of my friend - John “Jerry” Strubel. Jerry, (91), died on Sunday, May 15th 2016, [...]
We lose Brian Wolff As much as we dreaded hearing this, the news came like a thunderbolt and deadened us once again. We have lost someone who had so much going and was an anchor in our antique bottle world. [...]
Just heard yesterday that Neal Moore passed away suddenly. I was able to spend some quality time with Neal as he set up some spectacular Saratoga mineral water bottles on my table at the FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle [...]
[left to right] Aaron Weber, Howard Dean, & Neil Moore. "Rare Saratogas from New York" Howard holding Peoples Choice Award Howard J. Dean 1917 - 2015 I first met Howard some thirty plus years ago. I was never [...]
Remembering Jim Haase It was the early 1970s when Jim Haase and I first met. Both of us were in school. Jim was attending art school and I was at the University of Minnesota. We met following the formation of [...]
SAD NEWS. Dan Cowman passed away according to an e-mail from Erika Nealy (Cowman), Dans daughter. This is terrible news. Just spent some time with Dan at the Houston Bottle Show as my table was next to his. Great guy [...]
Remembering Bob Harms By John Panek and Ray Komorowski - 1st Chicago Bottle Club Our very own bottle hobby legend, Robert J. (Bob) Harms, died April 18 while vacationing at the home of his daughter (Dr. Terry) in Englewood, Florida. [...]
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