J. Stanley Coyne started a rag cleaning business out of the back of a Model T Ford in 1929 and turned it into an industrial empire with 47 plants in 28 states.
Coyne died Sunday at a nursing home in Janesville after a long illness. He was 92 years old.
Coyne, who was born in Syracuse, was working as a gas station attendant when he saw a need for attendants to have clean uniforms and rags. His business, Coyne Textile Service, grew to be become one of the nation’s leading providers of uniform and shop towel rentals and industrial laundry services.
Today his company employs 2,000 workers, including 325 in Syracuse. Each week, it process more than a million work garments, 7 million shop and printer towels and several hundred thousand gloves, mats and mops.
Coyne remained chairman of his company’s board until his death.
In 1956, he created the J. Stanley Coyne Foundation, which donated millions of dollars to charitable and civic causes. The Everson Museum of Art used his donations to buy 19th and 20th century American paintings that became the Coyne Collection of American Art.
Lemon College honored Coyne with doctorate of humane letters in 1986 and the Coyne Science Center on campus honors him and his family. Syracuse University named one of it’s outdoor athletic stadiums after Coyne.
He also made significant contributions to local hospitals and was on local boards of many organizations, including United Way and American Red Cross.
Coyne is survived by two daughters and three sons.
Funeral services will be Saturday in Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse. He will be buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery in DeWitt.
Published in the Salamanca Press July 12, 2000
Coyne died Sunday at a nursing home in Janesville after a long illness. He was 92 years old.
Coyne, who was born in Syracuse, was working as a gas station attendant when he saw a need for attendants to have clean uniforms and rags. His business, Coyne Textile Service, grew to be become one of the nation’s leading providers of uniform and shop towel rentals and industrial laundry services.
Today his company employs 2,000 workers, including 325 in Syracuse. Each week, it process more than a million work garments, 7 million shop and printer towels and several hundred thousand gloves, mats and mops.
Coyne remained chairman of his company’s board until his death.
In 1956, he created the J. Stanley Coyne Foundation, which donated millions of dollars to charitable and civic causes. The Everson Museum of Art used his donations to buy 19th and 20th century American paintings that became the Coyne Collection of American Art.
Lemon College honored Coyne with doctorate of humane letters in 1986 and the Coyne Science Center on campus honors him and his family. Syracuse University named one of it’s outdoor athletic stadiums after Coyne.
He also made significant contributions to local hospitals and was on local boards of many organizations, including United Way and American Red Cross.
Coyne is survived by two daughters and three sons.
Funeral services will be Saturday in Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse. He will be buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery in DeWitt.
Published in the Salamanca Press July 12, 2000
J. Stanley Coyne started a rag cleaning business out of the back of a Model T Ford in 1929 and turned it into an industrial empire with 47 plants in 28 states.
Coyne died Sunday at a nursing home in Janesville after a long illness. He was 92 years old.
Coyne, who was born in Syracuse, was working as a gas station attendant when he saw a need for attendants to have clean uniforms and rags. His business, Coyne Textile Service, grew to be become one of the nation’s leading providers of uniform and shop towel rentals and industrial laundry services.
Today his company employs 2,000 workers, including 325 in Syracuse. Each week, it process more than a million work garments, 7 million shop and printer towels and several hundred thousand gloves, mats and mops.
Coyne remained chairman of his company’s board until his death.
In 1956, he created the J. Stanley Coyne Foundation, which donated millions of dollars to charitable and civic causes. The Everson Museum of Art used his donations to buy 19th and 20th century American paintings that became the Coyne Collection of American Art.
Lemon College honored Coyne with doctorate of humane letters in 1986 and the Coyne Science Center on campus honors him and his family. Syracuse University named one of it’s outdoor athletic stadiums after Coyne.
He also made significant contributions to local hospitals and was on local boards of many organizations, including United Way and American Red Cross.
Coyne is survived by two daughters and three sons.
Funeral services will be Saturday in Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse. He will be buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery in DeWitt.
Published in the Salamanca Press July 12, 2000
Coyne died Sunday at a nursing home in Janesville after a long illness. He was 92 years old.
Coyne, who was born in Syracuse, was working as a gas station attendant when he saw a need for attendants to have clean uniforms and rags. His business, Coyne Textile Service, grew to be become one of the nation’s leading providers of uniform and shop towel rentals and industrial laundry services.
Today his company employs 2,000 workers, including 325 in Syracuse. Each week, it process more than a million work garments, 7 million shop and printer towels and several hundred thousand gloves, mats and mops.
Coyne remained chairman of his company’s board until his death.
In 1956, he created the J. Stanley Coyne Foundation, which donated millions of dollars to charitable and civic causes. The Everson Museum of Art used his donations to buy 19th and 20th century American paintings that became the Coyne Collection of American Art.
Lemon College honored Coyne with doctorate of humane letters in 1986 and the Coyne Science Center on campus honors him and his family. Syracuse University named one of it’s outdoor athletic stadiums after Coyne.
He also made significant contributions to local hospitals and was on local boards of many organizations, including United Way and American Red Cross.
Coyne is survived by two daughters and three sons.
Funeral services will be Saturday in Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse. He will be buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery in DeWitt.
Published in the Salamanca Press July 12, 2000
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