Walter Hachborn, co-founder of Home Hardware Stores and member of the Order of Canada, has died, he was 95.
A statement from Home Hardware says Hachborn died Saturday, but does not give any further details.
Hachborn and two partners started the co-operative for independently owned and operated hardware stores in 1964.
It now has nearly 1,100 stores under its banners, which include Home Hardware, Home Building Centre and Home Furniture.
Hachborn started his career in hardware sales in 1938, when he worked as a stockboy in St. Jacobs, Ont., earning $8 per week, according to Home Hardware Stores.
By 1950, he would be a co-owner of that store with Henry Sittler and Arthur Zilliax.