On the afternoon of June 5, 2024 Alan Zelunka passed peacefully, surrounded by his family. Zelunka was a devoted husband to his wife Michelle for 56 years. He is survived by his loving wife Michelle and his four children, Cheryl, Elyse, Mark, and Jennifer. His son Mark has been working alongside Alan’s brothers, Sheldon and…
The ReMA Gulf Coast Region (GCR) will recognize Mike Ronnel, co-owner of Metal Recycling Corporation (Little Rock, Ark.), with the 2024 Israel Proler Award on Thursday, June 27, at the GCR summer convention in Austin, Texas. The award recognizes individuals for their outstanding leadership, achievements, and contributions to the recycled materials industry. Mike’s career has…
Leanne Meyer is the new vice president of Alta Environmental, Safety & Sustainability (Alta ESS), an industry-leading consulting firm serving a wide-range of clients. Alta ESS delivers environmental and safety solutions including federal, state, and local permitting; hazardous materials inventories; environmental and safety compliance audits; process safety management; waste management; industrial hygiene, and safety and…
ISRI member Detroit Edge Tool Company (DETCO) recently announced the changes to their organizational hierarchy. After 40 years of service and 20 years of leading DETCO as one of the primary manufacturers of mobile and stationary shear blades to the recycled materials industry, Ray and John Ebbing are leaving the company to enjoy their well-deserved retirements. Ray…
Sandy Shapiro, loving husband, father of five and grandfather of five children, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 19. He is survived by his devoted wife Kathy Levin Shapiro; his loving children, Jonathan D. Shapiro, Leonard Joseph Shapiro, Lindsay (Chris) Conboy, Sara (Lee) Stein, Lynn (Adam) Crooks; and his adoring grandchildren Sydney Conboy, Drew Conboy, Colby…
Brian Jeffery Plonski, loving husband, and father of two children, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on Saturday, Aug. 12. He is survived by his wife, Tawhnee, and children Jaden and Jocelyn. Plonski was an ISRI member and commercial director at Northern Metal Recycling – EMR. He served as ISRI chapter president for the prior…
Mark Zwilsky, a son, brother, father, and grandfather, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, at the age of 64. After privately battling liver cancer, he died peacefully in his home in Leesburg, Va. He was born July 3, 1958, to Klaus and Roberta (Bobbie) Zwilsky in Boston, Mass. Known as a troublemaker throughout his…
Tim Holschuh, 61, of Fairfield, Ohio, died Sept. 26 after battling cancer since February. He was director of purchasing/sales at nonferrous recycler M&M Metals Inc. in Cincinnati. Graduating from Miami University in 1982 with a degree in aerospace, aeronautical, and aeronautical engineering, Mr. Holschuh entered the metals industry as a manufacturers’ representative for finished goods….
On Sept. 22, Willess “Bill” Henry Vincent, Jr., one of the co-founders of ISRI’s Tire and Rubber Division, passed away at 82. “Bill was one of the first people I met from the tire recycling industry,” ISRI President Robin Wiener says. “He was a wonderful leader and absolutely instrumental in pulling the National Association of…
Richard ‘Dick’ Jaffre, loving husband, father of two children, and grandfather of four, passed away Aug. 1 at the age of 79. He is survived by his wife, Jean, his children Lisa and Michael, his grandchildren Markus, Benjamin, Johnathan, and Max, and his brother Jim. Growing up, Jaffre lived abroad with his family in Mexico…
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