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Jay Van Andel, co-founder of Amway, dies at 80 Company and community mourn loss of leader and philanthropist Jay Van Andel, co-founder of Amway Corp., died Tuesday, December 7, 2004, at his home in Ada, Mich. He was 80. He was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Betty, who passed away at their Caribbean home on Peter Island on January 18, 2004. He is survived by his sons Steve (Cindy) and David (Carol), and daughters Nan and Barb (Rick) Van Andel-Gaby. Van Andel is also survived by 10 grandchildren: Leigh, Jesse, Aaron, Kyle, Christian, Marie, Rachel, Jason,...

Amway Co-Founder Jay Van Andel Dies Tuesday, December 07, 2004 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Jay Van Andel (search), the co-founder of Amway Corp. (search) who helped parlay neighborhood soap sales into a billion-dollar business and later became a leading philanthropist for conservative causes, has died.

Court Urges Marketers to Call Cease-fire in Strange Legal Case CINCINNATI (AdAge.com) -- A federal court yesterday pleaded for Procter & Gamble Co. and Amway Corp. to stop suing each other as it rejected Amway's appeal, the latest This is P&G's old 'Man in the Moon' logo that is at the center of the Satan-worship lawsuit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- development in seven years of litigation between the two over unfounded rumors linking P&G to Satan worship. Libel suit dismissed The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld dismissal by a lower court of a libel suit Amway filed against P&G in 1999....

P&G suit against Amway dismissed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cincinnati Enquirer A federal court in Utah has dismissed a suit by Procter & Gamble Co. against several Amway Corp. distributors, Amway said Thursday. Cincinnati-based P&G had claimed that Amway and its distributors spread rumors about a link between P&G and Satanism. A P&G spokeswoman said the company disagreed with the ruling and was still considering its legal options. There still is a case pending against several distributors in Texas, she said.

Cheney pulls in $500,000 for Bush's re-election run Tuesday, July 01, 2003By Steven HarmonThe Grand Rapids Press At an event that raises more than $500,000, confidence is not typically in short supply. With Vice President Dick Cheney in Grand Rapids on Monday raising money for President Bush's re-election campaign, West Michigan Republicans could not be faulted for feeling ascendant. "Things look pretty good, especially today," said Roosevelt Tillman, a businessman who attended the noon fund-raiser at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. "You raise over a half-million dollars at a lunch, it speaks volumes about the president and his leadership."...