Wilhelm "Willy" Purm

4/27/18 - 9/4/91

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Photo courtesy of Michael Purm

Willy Purm joined Seaboard as Management Assistant and rose to General Manager, Germany. He transfered to Flying Tigers at the merger. After the merger with FedEx, he went into business for himself together with a friend, founding an airfreight consultants business. A few years of working in this business was followed by employment as air freight consultant with FAG (Frankfurt am Main Flughafen AG, now Fraport), where he advised many airport companies internationally on how to construct and plan air freight handling facilities.

Willy was predeceased by his daughter Annemarie Purm. He is survived his by his wife, Christel (neé Friedrich), who became his secretary; his son, Michael; daughter Ingeborg Purm, and three grandchildren, Leo, Sebastian and Lilli.