{"id":12801,"date":"2020-03-03T15:23:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T14:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bt.woehler.com\/web2\/?p=12801"},"modified":"2020-03-03T15:23:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T14:23:39","slug":"obituary-brian-connors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bt.woehler.com\/en\/obituary-brian-connors\/","title":{"rendered":"Obituary Brian Connors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Obituary Brian Connors<\/h1>\n<p><strong>W\u00f6hler Brush Tech GmbH mourns the loss of its longstanding US representative, Brian Connors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1506 aligncenter\" alt=\"Nachruf zum Tod von Brian Connors\" src=\"https:\/\/bt.woehler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brian_Connors_Rahmen_400.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"458\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rudolf Brenken, managing director: \u201cWe were filled with sadness to hear that Brian had lost his fight against cancer on January 21st. Our thoughts are with his family, especially with his wife and two grown daughters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brian started his career at the Paul Marsh trading company in New York City, W\u00f6hler\u2019s US representative at that time. In 1997 he founded Connors &amp; Company Inc., representing both W\u00f6hler and the Desco Bristle Group, one of the biggest importers of bristles and silk. Brian decided to retire as the W\u00f6hler representative early in 2012 due to his illness.<\/p>\n<p>During the years of working together with Brian he became more than just a business partner, he was also a friend. Elisabeth W\u00f6hler particularly remembers the kind support he gave following the death of her husband Dr. Fritz W\u00f6hler. Many people at W\u00f6hler have fond memories of this warm-hearted, humorous and decent fellow.<\/p>\n<p>Matthias Peveling, also managing director, was shocked by the sad news and promised: \u201cWe will remember Brian from all the years we enjoyed working and travelling together. Brian was a great character and will surely be missed by many in the brush and bristle business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obituary Brian Connors W\u00f6hler Brush Tech GmbH mourns the loss of its longstanding US representative, Brian Connors. Rudolf Brenken, managing director: \u201cWe were filled with sadness to hear that Brian had lost his fight against cancer on January 21st. Our thoughts are with his family, especially with his wife and two grown daughters.\u201d Brian started [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Obituary Brian Connors - W\u00d6HLER - the world of brush making machines<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bt.woehler.com\/en\/obituary-brian-connors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Obituary Brian Connors - W\u00d6HLER - the world of brush making machines\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Obituary Brian Connors W\u00f6hler Brush Tech GmbH mourns the loss of its longstanding US representative, Brian Connors. 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