REMEMBERING THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY Donald M. Garmany May 24, 1953—December 17, 2013


Don was a board member for 22 years at the Osceola County Fair and Kissimmee Valley


Livestock Show. He attended


many Florida Federation of Fairs Con- ventions as well as the IAFE convention. He was born in Alabama and graduated from St. Cloud High School. He is sur- vived by his wife Meg, daughter Donna,


son Donald and four grandchildren. www.fiskfh.com


Thomas Francis Kennedy III 1939- January 29, 2014


Tom came from a background of entertainers, his maternal grandfather, Frank A. Robbins, was a magician in a circus that he owned. He traveled with his parents doing concessions at various circus’s. At one point he owned an elephant, a hippo, several snakes and a sloth. Later he traveled with Jimmy Chanos Shows. Tom worked food concessions at the Colum- bia County Fair for 37 years. He was generous to a fault and was especially good to the Fair Board and Staff. He is sur- vived by his wife Juanita, daughter Candace, sons Cole, Tho- mas Jr., Robbin and five grandchildren and 2 great grandchil- dren


Henry “Bud” Plehn March 3, 1936—November 23,2013 Bud and his wife, Lois have headed the Fishing


Gear Department at the Miami-Dade Youth Fair & Exposition for decades and impacted the lives of many young men and women through their dedication, hard work and education related to the wonderful sport of fishing and its related gear. Bud taught many a young person to tie his/ her first fly or lure or craft their first fly rod. He retired as a CWO after 26 years in the Army. He


is survived by his wife, four children, five grandchildren and one great grandchild. www.stanfillfh.com


Please help us honor and recognize our friends in the Fair industry that pass away during the year by send- ing their names and Fair affiliation to the Federation


for inclusion in the Resolutions passed at each year’s Convention and also be included in the next issue of the newsletter.


Send to Dawn Rowe at Dawnrowe1@yahoo.com and


lisahinton@floridafairs.org


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