Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
NamePeter VOLID
Burial20 Jun 1978, 3600 N Narragansett Ave, Chicago, IL2470,2468
MemoZion Gardens
OccupationPresident, King Korn Trading Stamps Company
OccupationProprietor, Wholesale Candy (1940)2471
FlagsMITTMAN-1
Obituaries
From Peter Volid (1907-1978) - Find a Grave Memorial
SERVICES FOR Peter Volid, 70, former president of King Korn stamps, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel at 9200 Skokie Blvd., Skokie.
Mr. Volid died Saturday in MD Anderson Hospital, Houston, where he had been undergoing treatment for leukemia.
Mr. Volid rose from poverty to become president of King Rom in 1953 and by 1966 had turned it from a business worth $350,000 to a $75 million company.
His most recent business success was the launching of COPE (Computerized Occupational, Physical, and Emotional) Screening Institute, a program that offers the analysis of physical and mental health for companies that provide testing for employees.
He is survived by his wife, Sandra; two daughters, Benita Volid and Joan Hahn; two sisters, Mary Lou Miller and Ruth Friedland; and three grandchildren.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) Tue, Jun 20, 1978
From Jun 20, 1978, page 28 - The Indianapolis News at Newspapers.com:2470
SKOKIE, Ill. — Services for Peter Volid, who built the King Korn trading stamps company into a multimillion-dollar firm, were today in Skokie.
Volid, 70, died Saturday in Houston, where he had been undergoing treatment for leukemia.
He became president of King Korn in 1953 when it was worth $350,000 and, by 1966, had turned it into a $75 million company.