Los Angeles, CA, January 12, 2021-Leon Zanger, co-founder of Walker Zanger, 93, died from complications of Covid-19.
In 2016, after 64 years at the head of the company, Zanger retired, and his son Jonathan Zanger took the helm as president.
According to the Slippery Rock Gazette, “Leon, was born in Belgium and fled with his family in 1940 after the Nazis invaded. As they travelled South through France, Spain and over to Portugal on their way to America, Leon noticed the abundance of natural stone being used everywhere, to pave streets even, considering it was a luxury item back in his home country used only in museums and palaces.