Bryan A. Champion, died Nov. 10 at the age of 47 after battling cancer. He was a fifth-generation nurseryman and president of Herman Losely & Son Nursery in Perry, Ohio. During his nursery career he had an active role serving as president of the Nursery Growers of Lake County, Ohio, the ANLA’s Wholesale Nursery Growers Association and the Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association. He also received the Distinguished Contribution Award from the ONLA.
Contributions may be made in Champion’s memory to Painesville United Methodist Church, 71 North Park Place Painesville, Ohio 44077 or Pan Ohio Hope Ride, donate online at www.pohr.org c/o cyclist Jared Champion.
View his obituary here.
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