Bert 0. Heath, dean of the Rochester druggists, died last night (Sept. 1, 1953) in Strong Memorial Hospital. He was 81.
Founder of the B. 0. Heath & Son drug firm, he was one of the oldest active druggists in the country until illness forced his retirement in July of this year.
He lived at 1817 St. Paul St with his wife, Marion, for years an active partner in the family business.
His long career as a druggist began by chance in Rochester in 1899. He had stopped off here on his way home to Newfield, near Ithaca, to take a state pharmacist's examination after graduating from Northwestern University College of Pharmacy in Illinois.
Just as he was preparing to leave for home, his aunt, with whom he was staying, told him of a job opening as a clerk at the G. W. Johns Drug store on Central Avenue. Mr. Heath took the job at $15 a week. Three years later he bought the place.
Before coming to Rochester, he had taught school in Newfield the semester after his graduation at the age of 17. For the next three years, he drove a stagecoach between Newfield and the railroad station. Then he entered college.
After buying the Rochester store, Mr. Heath helped organize the Rochester Drug Co-operative, a druggists' wholesale house in which member druggists own stock and operate themselves. It was one of the first in the state.
Although Mr. and Mrs. Heath were born and grew up only a few miles apart near Ithaca, they first met in Chicago in 1898 when he was at Northwestern and she was visiting relatives. Shortly after he bought the Johns drug store here in 1901, they were married.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Amos and Kermit, both now members of the family firm; a daughter, Mrs. Rosamund Jorolemon; eight grandchildren, and a niece and a nephew, all of Rochester.
The body was removed to the Farrell Brothers Funeral Home, 51 Ridge Rd. W., where services will be held on Thursday and burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York)
Wed, Sep 2, 1953
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Founder of the B. 0. Heath & Son drug firm, he was one of the oldest active druggists in the country until illness forced his retirement in July of this year.
He lived at 1817 St. Paul St with his wife, Marion, for years an active partner in the family business.
His long career as a druggist began by chance in Rochester in 1899. He had stopped off here on his way home to Newfield, near Ithaca, to take a state pharmacist's examination after graduating from Northwestern University College of Pharmacy in Illinois.
Just as he was preparing to leave for home, his aunt, with whom he was staying, told him of a job opening as a clerk at the G. W. Johns Drug store on Central Avenue. Mr. Heath took the job at $15 a week. Three years later he bought the place.
Before coming to Rochester, he had taught school in Newfield the semester after his graduation at the age of 17. For the next three years, he drove a stagecoach between Newfield and the railroad station. Then he entered college.
After buying the Rochester store, Mr. Heath helped organize the Rochester Drug Co-operative, a druggists' wholesale house in which member druggists own stock and operate themselves. It was one of the first in the state.
Although Mr. and Mrs. Heath were born and grew up only a few miles apart near Ithaca, they first met in Chicago in 1898 when he was at Northwestern and she was visiting relatives. Shortly after he bought the Johns drug store here in 1901, they were married.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Amos and Kermit, both now members of the family firm; a daughter, Mrs. Rosamund Jorolemon; eight grandchildren, and a niece and a nephew, all of Rochester.
The body was removed to the Farrell Brothers Funeral Home, 51 Ridge Rd. W., where services will be held on Thursday and burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York)
Wed, Sep 2, 1953
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Bert 0. Heath, dean of the Rochester druggists, died last night (Sept. 1, 1953) in Strong Memorial Hospital. He was 81.
Founder of the B. 0. Heath & Son drug firm, he was one of the oldest active druggists in the country until illness forced his retirement in July of this year.
He lived at 1817 St. Paul St with his wife, Marion, for years an active partner in the family business.
His long career as a druggist began by chance in Rochester in 1899. He had stopped off here on his way home to Newfield, near Ithaca, to take a state pharmacist's examination after graduating from Northwestern University College of Pharmacy in Illinois.
Just as he was preparing to leave for home, his aunt, with whom he was staying, told him of a job opening as a clerk at the G. W. Johns Drug store on Central Avenue. Mr. Heath took the job at $15 a week. Three years later he bought the place.
Before coming to Rochester, he had taught school in Newfield the semester after his graduation at the age of 17. For the next three years, he drove a stagecoach between Newfield and the railroad station. Then he entered college.
After buying the Rochester store, Mr. Heath helped organize the Rochester Drug Co-operative, a druggists' wholesale house in which member druggists own stock and operate themselves. It was one of the first in the state.
Although Mr. and Mrs. Heath were born and grew up only a few miles apart near Ithaca, they first met in Chicago in 1898 when he was at Northwestern and she was visiting relatives. Shortly after he bought the Johns drug store here in 1901, they were married.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Amos and Kermit, both now members of the family firm; a daughter, Mrs. Rosamund Jorolemon; eight grandchildren, and a niece and a nephew, all of Rochester.
The body was removed to the Farrell Brothers Funeral Home, 51 Ridge Rd. W., where services will be held on Thursday and burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York)
Wed, Sep 2, 1953
Copyright © 2017 Newspapers.com. All Rights Reserved
Founder of the B. 0. Heath & Son drug firm, he was one of the oldest active druggists in the country until illness forced his retirement in July of this year.
He lived at 1817 St. Paul St with his wife, Marion, for years an active partner in the family business.
His long career as a druggist began by chance in Rochester in 1899. He had stopped off here on his way home to Newfield, near Ithaca, to take a state pharmacist's examination after graduating from Northwestern University College of Pharmacy in Illinois.
Just as he was preparing to leave for home, his aunt, with whom he was staying, told him of a job opening as a clerk at the G. W. Johns Drug store on Central Avenue. Mr. Heath took the job at $15 a week. Three years later he bought the place.
Before coming to Rochester, he had taught school in Newfield the semester after his graduation at the age of 17. For the next three years, he drove a stagecoach between Newfield and the railroad station. Then he entered college.
After buying the Rochester store, Mr. Heath helped organize the Rochester Drug Co-operative, a druggists' wholesale house in which member druggists own stock and operate themselves. It was one of the first in the state.
Although Mr. and Mrs. Heath were born and grew up only a few miles apart near Ithaca, they first met in Chicago in 1898 when he was at Northwestern and she was visiting relatives. Shortly after he bought the Johns drug store here in 1901, they were married.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Amos and Kermit, both now members of the family firm; a daughter, Mrs. Rosamund Jorolemon; eight grandchildren, and a niece and a nephew, all of Rochester.
The body was removed to the Farrell Brothers Funeral Home, 51 Ridge Rd. W., where services will be held on Thursday and burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York)
Wed, Sep 2, 1953
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