Four 4th generation and one 5th generation family firms are among the 11 companies celebrating their 125th anniversaries this year. Five others are privately owned with just two public. Here they are:
Buckley Shoes Bad Axe, MI Retail footwear
Duarte's Tavern Percadero, CA "American cooking with a Portugese influence" 4th generation
Eikenhout Grand Rapids, MI Lumber and building materials
Frankenmuth Woolen Mill Frankenmuth, MI Wool and wool bedding products
Freese and Nichols Fort Worth, TX Engineering, architecture & construction
Harris Levy New York, NY Retail linens, 4th generation
The Hershey Company Hershey, PA Food and candy (public)
Hershey Creamery Harrisburg, PA Ice cream (closely held public; 4th generation)
Metcalf & Jonkhoff Funeral Grand Rapids, MI Funeral services 5th generation
Miner Enterprises Geneva, IL Manufacture rail car components
Wiedenbeck Madison, WI Metals fabrication 4th generation
