Produce veteran Richard George Papen, 84, died unexpectedly of a heart attack on April 16, after spending his entire career in the East Coast vegetable business in the family farming operation.
It’s been a rather somber time at Papen Farms the past year and a half. Following the untimely death of Kenneth Papen in December of 2020, his father Richard Papen, considered the heart and soul of the operation, passed away on April 16 of this year.