By HOLLY GASKILL
Co-founder of Pretzels and long-time Wells County resident William “Bill” Mann died Monday. He was 88.
Mann established Pretzels, Inc. in 1978 alongside lifelong friend, Bill Huggins. The company grew from a small operation to a principle supplier, and the two received the Circle of Honor Award for the Snack Food Association in 2007. Pretzels, Inc. sold to Hershey in 2021.
Mann was preceded by his wife, Elizabeth “Betty” in 2008, and is survived by four children, Monica Kim Mann, Kami Jo Osborne (Tom), Kelli Renee Beisel (Jim), and William August “Chip” Mann II (Kim); 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, at Thoma/Rich, Lemler Funeral Home in Bluffton. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. before the service. His obituary appears on page 3.
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