Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, WV

March 9, 2010

MORNING UPDATE: Long-time businessman, Max Kammer, dies at 89


Bluefield Daily Telegraph

— BLUEFIELD — Long-time Bluefield businessman Max Kammer died late Monday evening. He was 89.

Kammer, whose family business Kammer Furniture & Appliance Co. has long been a fixture on Bland Street in Bluefield, was also a decorated veteran who was part of the Allied army that liberated German concentration camps.

Kammer was also active in many civic and community organizations, and was named a Distinguished Citizen in 1999 by the Riley Vest Post No. 9 of the American Legion.

For more on this story and other news, see Wednesday’s Daily Telegraph.