Obituary: Jack Jahntz, first STAFDA president

Jack T. Jahntz, one of the original co-founders of the Specialty Tools and Fasteners Distributors Association when it formed in 1977 and the group’s first president, died at the age of 85.

Jahntz was a partner, former president and CEO of L.W. Meyer & Son of Wisconsin. He retired from Meyer in 1996.

According to his obituary page of the Krause Funeral Home web site, “Jack enjoyed golfing, fishing, boating and especially spending time with his children and grandchildren. Jack was an avid reader and a great conversationalist.”