Rich, Louis b. 1896 d. November, 1970 Businessman. He immigrated to America from Russia, arriving as a steerage passenger in 1906. Working as a Kosher butcher, he saved enough money to gradually bring his family to America, and open his own business. In 1921, he bought a truck and started the Rock Island Produce Company, in Rock Island, Illinois. His business sold chicken and eggs which he bought daily from area farmers. In the early 1940's, chicken farms started moving to the south, and the new supermarkets were buying their eggs...[Read More] (Bio by: Dustin Oliver) Hebrew Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
b. 1896 d. November, 1970