Obituary: LESCO’s Herbert Cole

Herbert Cole, 82, of Avon Lake, Ohio, died earlier this month. Cole joined Green Industry supplier LESCO, now part of John Deere Landscapes, in 1963 as its first salesman. He was promoted in 1977 to midwest area manager, responsible for four LESCO “stores on wheels.” When he retired in 1995 as vice president of sales, he was responsible for 43 LESCO trucks nationwide with more than $28 million in sales.