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Milton S. Florsheim (July 27, 1868 – December 22, 1936), was the chairman of the board and founder of
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Biography

Florsheim was born to a Jewish family in
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on July 27, 1868, the son of Henriette (née Nusbaum) and Sigmund Florsheim.Who's who in Chicago and Illinois, Volume 1, p 209
/ref> Shortly before he started grade school, the Florsheim family relocated to the
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area. He attended Chicago public schools. He worked in his father's shoe store before founding Florsheim Shoes in 1892. Florsheim was connected with the
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and the Jewish Charities of Chicago and was a
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of
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. In 1894, he married Gertrude Stern; they had two sons, Irving S. and Harold Milton (1900-1987). Harold was married to artist Claire Florsheim Zeisler. Their daughter Nancy married architect
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. Irving married sculptor Lillian Floresheim. Their daughter,
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, was married to actor and singer Allan Jones. Florsheim died on December 22, 1936, in
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, California, aged 68. He was interred at Rosehill Mausoleum in
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, Chicago.


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