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Sad note: founder of Bronner's ailing

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but think of this more as honoring the man who brought us Bronners.

An excerpt from the full article:

"The 81-year-old founder of a year-round Christmas decorations store that is one of Michigan's best-known retail tourist attractions has inoperable cancer. Relatives of Wally Bronner, 81, notified employees of Bronner's Christmas Wonderland on Monday that he was ailing. Bronner started out painting signs as a teenager and grew that business into the store, which opened in 1945."

Bronners is one of the few retail operations to have their own Department 56 recreation. More details are in the earlier post "Featured D56 Shop: Bronners"
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