EDWARD VILAS PLATT (d. 1959)
Paragon President Platt Dies at 61
Head of Company Dies in Florida (photo)
Edward V. Platt, 61, president of Paragon Electric Co., Two Rivers, died
Wednesday at West Palm Beach, Fla, after an illness of several weeks.
Mr. Platt who was known as "Ned" to friends and business associates, had
been vacationing in Florida when he became ill.
Since 1943, Mr. Platt had headed Paragon, recognized as the world's leading
exclusive manufacturer of automatic time controls.
Mr. Platt joined Paragon founded by his father, E.M. in 1905 with a capital
investment at $5,000, in 1921 as a salesman. In 1929 he became the sales
manager and was vice president in charge of sales from 1931 to 1936 when he
was elected executive vice president. He was elected president in 1943.
On Hospital Board
During the period when he first became associated with Paragon until his
election as vice president, Mr. Platt had had 25 years of sales service in
the Chicago area. He saw annual gross shipments of the company grow from
$50,000 a year to more than $5 million annually.
Mr. Platt was a director of Racine Hydraulics & Machinery Co. of Racine and
of Watson and Boaler Inc., of Chicago. He also was a vice president and dir-
ector of Lapcor(?) Plastic Inc., of this city.
A member of Holy Famiy Hospital Advisory Board Mr. Platt also was vice pres-
ident of the Lay Advisory Board of Holy Family College at Alverno, was a
member of the Board of Directors of the Manitowoc Chapter of American Cancer
Society and was a senior warden of St. James Episcopal Church.
He also was a member of Psi Upsilon Fraternity at the University of Wisconsin
where he attended before enrolling at Yale University, being graduated in
1921(?) from the Sheffield School of Engineering. A native of St. Paul, Minn.
he was born April 20, 1898.
Funeral Monday
Mr. Platt was a veteran of World War I, having served with Army Officers
Training.
He married Elizabeth Leavitt Platt Aug. 3, 1935, at St. Louis. She survives
with three daughters (privat); a brother, George J. of this city; and two
sisters, Mrs. J. Baird Jacob of Evanston, Ill., and Mrs. William C. Leff of
Chicago
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at St. James Episcopal Church. The
Rev. William Harvey will officiat and burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
Friends may call at the Platt home, 601 N. Sixth St., after 7 p.m. Saturday
or Sunder afternoon.
Arrangements are in charge of Mittnacht Funeral Home.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, May 21, 1959 p.1
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[d. 05-20-1959 at West Palm Beach FL/age 61 yrs./bur. on George J. Platt lot]
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Manitowoc:
The wedding of Miss Bartram Quick of Chicago and Edward Vilas Platt was solemnized
Saturday afternoon at St. James Episcopal Church, Rev. F. P. Keicher, rector of St.
James Church officiating.
Kiel Tri county Record, Jan. 5, 1922
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Sources include MN birth index, WWI and WWII draft cards, WI death index and the notice of his death published in The Milwaukee Journal on 21 May 1959.
Paragon President Platt Dies at 61
Head of Company Dies in Florida (photo)
Edward V. Platt, 61, president of Paragon Electric Co., Two Rivers, died
Wednesday at West Palm Beach, Fla, after an illness of several weeks.
Mr. Platt who was known as "Ned" to friends and business associates, had
been vacationing in Florida when he became ill.
Since 1943, Mr. Platt had headed Paragon, recognized as the world's leading
exclusive manufacturer of automatic time controls.
Mr. Platt joined Paragon founded by his father, E.M. in 1905 with a capital
investment at $5,000, in 1921 as a salesman. In 1929 he became the sales
manager and was vice president in charge of sales from 1931 to 1936 when he
was elected executive vice president. He was elected president in 1943.
On Hospital Board
During the period when he first became associated with Paragon until his
election as vice president, Mr. Platt had had 25 years of sales service in
the Chicago area. He saw annual gross shipments of the company grow from
$50,000 a year to more than $5 million annually.
Mr. Platt was a director of Racine Hydraulics & Machinery Co. of Racine and
of Watson and Boaler Inc., of Chicago. He also was a vice president and dir-
ector of Lapcor(?) Plastic Inc., of this city.
A member of Holy Famiy Hospital Advisory Board Mr. Platt also was vice pres-
ident of the Lay Advisory Board of Holy Family College at Alverno, was a
member of the Board of Directors of the Manitowoc Chapter of American Cancer
Society and was a senior warden of St. James Episcopal Church.
He also was a member of Psi Upsilon Fraternity at the University of Wisconsin
where he attended before enrolling at Yale University, being graduated in
1921(?) from the Sheffield School of Engineering. A native of St. Paul, Minn.
he was born April 20, 1898.
Funeral Monday
Mr. Platt was a veteran of World War I, having served with Army Officers
Training.
He married Elizabeth Leavitt Platt Aug. 3, 1935, at St. Louis. She survives
with three daughters (privat); a brother, George J. of this city; and two
sisters, Mrs. J. Baird Jacob of Evanston, Ill., and Mrs. William C. Leff of
Chicago
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at St. James Episcopal Church. The
Rev. William Harvey will officiat and burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
Friends may call at the Platt home, 601 N. Sixth St., after 7 p.m. Saturday
or Sunder afternoon.
Arrangements are in charge of Mittnacht Funeral Home.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, May 21, 1959 p.1
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[d. 05-20-1959 at West Palm Beach FL/age 61 yrs./bur. on George J. Platt lot]
********
Manitowoc:
The wedding of Miss Bartram Quick of Chicago and Edward Vilas Platt was solemnized
Saturday afternoon at St. James Episcopal Church, Rev. F. P. Keicher, rector of St.
James Church officiating.
Kiel Tri county Record, Jan. 5, 1922
*******
Sources include MN birth index, WWI and WWII draft cards, WI death index and the notice of his death published in The Milwaukee Journal on 21 May 1959.
EDWARD VILAS PLATT (d. 1959)
Paragon President Platt Dies at 61
Head of Company Dies in Florida (photo)
Edward V. Platt, 61, president of Paragon Electric Co., Two Rivers, died
Wednesday at West Palm Beach, Fla, after an illness of several weeks.
Mr. Platt who was known as "Ned" to friends and business associates, had
been vacationing in Florida when he became ill.
Since 1943, Mr. Platt had headed Paragon, recognized as the world's leading
exclusive manufacturer of automatic time controls.
Mr. Platt joined Paragon founded by his father, E.M. in 1905 with a capital
investment at $5,000, in 1921 as a salesman. In 1929 he became the sales
manager and was vice president in charge of sales from 1931 to 1936 when he
was elected executive vice president. He was elected president in 1943.
On Hospital Board
During the period when he first became associated with Paragon until his
election as vice president, Mr. Platt had had 25 years of sales service in
the Chicago area. He saw annual gross shipments of the company grow from
$50,000 a year to more than $5 million annually.
Mr. Platt was a director of Racine Hydraulics & Machinery Co. of Racine and
of Watson and Boaler Inc., of Chicago. He also was a vice president and dir-
ector of Lapcor(?) Plastic Inc., of this city.
A member of Holy Famiy Hospital Advisory Board Mr. Platt also was vice pres-
ident of the Lay Advisory Board of Holy Family College at Alverno, was a
member of the Board of Directors of the Manitowoc Chapter of American Cancer
Society and was a senior warden of St. James Episcopal Church.
He also was a member of Psi Upsilon Fraternity at the University of Wisconsin
where he attended before enrolling at Yale University, being graduated in
1921(?) from the Sheffield School of Engineering. A native of St. Paul, Minn.
he was born April 20, 1898.
Funeral Monday
Mr. Platt was a veteran of World War I, having served with Army Officers
Training.
He married Elizabeth Leavitt Platt Aug. 3, 1935, at St. Louis. She survives
with three daughters (privat); a brother, George J. of this city; and two
sisters, Mrs. J. Baird Jacob of Evanston, Ill., and Mrs. William C. Leff of
Chicago
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at St. James Episcopal Church. The
Rev. William Harvey will officiat and burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
Friends may call at the Platt home, 601 N. Sixth St., after 7 p.m. Saturday
or Sunder afternoon.
Arrangements are in charge of Mittnacht Funeral Home.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, May 21, 1959 p.1
********
[d. 05-20-1959 at West Palm Beach FL/age 61 yrs./bur. on George J. Platt lot]
********
Manitowoc:
The wedding of Miss Bartram Quick of Chicago and Edward Vilas Platt was solemnized
Saturday afternoon at St. James Episcopal Church, Rev. F. P. Keicher, rector of St.
James Church officiating.
Kiel Tri county Record, Jan. 5, 1922
*******
Sources include MN birth index, WWI and WWII draft cards, WI death index and the notice of his death published in The Milwaukee Journal on 21 May 1959.
Paragon President Platt Dies at 61
Head of Company Dies in Florida (photo)
Edward V. Platt, 61, president of Paragon Electric Co., Two Rivers, died
Wednesday at West Palm Beach, Fla, after an illness of several weeks.
Mr. Platt who was known as "Ned" to friends and business associates, had
been vacationing in Florida when he became ill.
Since 1943, Mr. Platt had headed Paragon, recognized as the world's leading
exclusive manufacturer of automatic time controls.
Mr. Platt joined Paragon founded by his father, E.M. in 1905 with a capital
investment at $5,000, in 1921 as a salesman. In 1929 he became the sales
manager and was vice president in charge of sales from 1931 to 1936 when he
was elected executive vice president. He was elected president in 1943.
On Hospital Board
During the period when he first became associated with Paragon until his
election as vice president, Mr. Platt had had 25 years of sales service in
the Chicago area. He saw annual gross shipments of the company grow from
$50,000 a year to more than $5 million annually.
Mr. Platt was a director of Racine Hydraulics & Machinery Co. of Racine and
of Watson and Boaler Inc., of Chicago. He also was a vice president and dir-
ector of Lapcor(?) Plastic Inc., of this city.
A member of Holy Famiy Hospital Advisory Board Mr. Platt also was vice pres-
ident of the Lay Advisory Board of Holy Family College at Alverno, was a
member of the Board of Directors of the Manitowoc Chapter of American Cancer
Society and was a senior warden of St. James Episcopal Church.
He also was a member of Psi Upsilon Fraternity at the University of Wisconsin
where he attended before enrolling at Yale University, being graduated in
1921(?) from the Sheffield School of Engineering. A native of St. Paul, Minn.
he was born April 20, 1898.
Funeral Monday
Mr. Platt was a veteran of World War I, having served with Army Officers
Training.
He married Elizabeth Leavitt Platt Aug. 3, 1935, at St. Louis. She survives
with three daughters (privat); a brother, George J. of this city; and two
sisters, Mrs. J. Baird Jacob of Evanston, Ill., and Mrs. William C. Leff of
Chicago
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at St. James Episcopal Church. The
Rev. William Harvey will officiat and burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
Friends may call at the Platt home, 601 N. Sixth St., after 7 p.m. Saturday
or Sunder afternoon.
Arrangements are in charge of Mittnacht Funeral Home.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, May 21, 1959 p.1
********
[d. 05-20-1959 at West Palm Beach FL/age 61 yrs./bur. on George J. Platt lot]
********
Manitowoc:
The wedding of Miss Bartram Quick of Chicago and Edward Vilas Platt was solemnized
Saturday afternoon at St. James Episcopal Church, Rev. F. P. Keicher, rector of St.
James Church officiating.
Kiel Tri county Record, Jan. 5, 1922
*******
Sources include MN birth index, WWI and WWII draft cards, WI death index and the notice of his death published in The Milwaukee Journal on 21 May 1959.
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