In Memoriam: PPAI Hall Of Fame Member Lorraine Hempen, CAS

Monday, December 17, 2018 10:55 PM | Cassondra Franze (Administrator)

Lorraine Hempen, CAS, retired executive vice president of the Joseph Lipic Pen Company, former PPAI board member and inductee into the Association's Hall of Fame, passed away on December 15. She was 87.

When Hempen entered the industry, she was one of only four women in the country to sell promotional products. Spending her entire career with one company, she started at the Joseph Lipic Pen Company as a clerk and retired 55 years later in 2002.

Hempen served on the PPAI board in 1977-1981. She was awarded the Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004 and inducted into its Hall of Fame in 2008. She served on the Association's government and legal affairs committees, and as vice chair of its education committee. In a note to PPAI, Hempen's niece, Laura Bozzay, shared, "Lorraine was proud of her years with PPAI and often spoke highly of its members."

Hempen also served on several PPAI committees and was an active member of the St. Louis Advertising Specialty Association—now the Promotional Products Association of the Midwest (PPAM)—holding the treasurer, secretary, vice president and president positions at the regional association.

Visitation will be at St Stephen Protomartyr Catholic Church 3929 Wilmington Ave, St. Louis, Missouri 63116, 9 – 10 am on Friday, December 21. Mass will be offered at 10 am. Following the mass, there will be a short gravesite ceremony at Resurrection Cemetery 6901 MacKenzie Rd, Saint Louis, Missouri 63123.

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