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Davey Bulletin Nov-Dec 2020

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23 November/December 2020 | THE DAVEY BULLETIN MEMORIALS We are saddened by the loss of Matthew Adams, who passed away Sept. 26, 2020. Adams was a sales arborist at the Indianapolis R/C office. We are saddened by the loss of Michael Murray, who passed away Sept. 20, 2020. Murray was a foreman at the West Denver R/C office. He is survived by a son, Ryan Murray, who is an employee of The Davey Tree Expert Co. of Canada, Limited. Rita Packard retired Sept. 6, 2020, following 33 years of service. Packard started in 1987 as office personnel at the Davey Tree Surgery Company's Livermore office. Richard Rathjens retired Oct. 4, 2020, following 42 years of service. He was technical advisor and senior agronomist at the Davey Institute. Rathjens started in 1977 as a research assistant/laboratory technician, and worked as a specialist within technical services. In 1984 he was promoted to senior agronomist. In 2006 the role of technical advisor was added to his title. Rathjens received the President's Award from the Ohio Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) in 2018.Rathjens was a longtime instructor at the Davey Institute of Tree Sciences, Davey Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Davey Institute of Lawn Sciences, and Davey Institute of Grounds Maintenance. Marcus Dale Shaw retired July 26, 2020, following seven years of service. He was an equipment operator and foreman on the Florida Public Utilities account. Johnny Wilson retired Oct. 11, 2020, following 48 years of service. After serving seven years in the U.S. Navy, Wilson was hired in 1972 on the Southern Bell Buried Wire account in South Carolina and was promoted in 1974 to foreman. From 1982 to 1986, Wilson worked as a trimmer and foreman on the Duke Power account before attending the Davey Institute of Tree Sciences (D.I.T.S.) in 1986 Rita Packard RETIREMENTS Richard Rathjens Johnny Wilson and being promoted to supervisor of the Bell Electric account the following year. In 1991, he was promoted to account manager of the western utility division in South Carolina. Then, in 1992, Wilson joined the corporate safety department where he was promoted to regional safety trainer, senior regional safety specialist and finally safety manager in 2011. Wilson earned his master foreman certification in 1980 and attended the Davey Institute of Horticultural Sciences in 1986. We are saddened by the loss of Rodney Strickland, who passed away Aug. 4, 2020. Strickland had been a member of the New Age Communications Construction, LLC, team, which joined Davey Resource Group in 2018.

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