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YourVoiceWeekly.com VOL. 3/ISSUE 30
YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015
Area mourns loss of Palm City businessman, war veteran Patrick McCallister FOR VETERAN VOICE
patrick.mccallister@yahoo.com
PALM CITY — Kenneth Ferguson, 84, died earlier this month. “He was a pillar of the community,” Ed Ciampi, former county commis-
sioner, said. “Everyone knew him. He was a great guy who was involved with everything.” The Korean War veteran was born in Marion, Ind. He moved to Martin County from Cape Elizabeth, Maine, almost 50 years ago. He moved his company, Hoosier Metal Fabrication, to Stuart. The company was renamed
ERK Manufacturing. Today it’s part of Paradigm Precision. Joe Catrambone, executive director of the Stuart/Martin Chamber of Commerce, said Ferguson was an avid volunteer and contributed to many people’s business and personal suc-
See FERGUSON page 12
Ken Ferguson
Springtime tackling Martin County High School’s Nick Einmann tackles Mavric Pelletier of Sebastian River High School during the annual exhibition spring football game Friday, May 22 at Martin County High School in Stuart. The Martin County Tigers lost the game 21-20.
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