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Lacy’s Les Durkin dies at 88

Lacy & Co., owner Bernard (Les) Durkin has died at the age of 88 after a short illness.

“Les was a good, honest, hardworking, and respected businessman, who in the later part of his life expressed a real fondness for the trade and wished he could have kept on working,” his family told Jewellery Business.

“He worked well into his 80s, but vision problems kept him from continuing. He once said his fondest wish was … Continue reading Lacy’s Les Durkin dies at 88

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