Lervick's son and Twin City president, Roger Lervick of Stanwood. "He was a great guy, very unassuming and did a lot for the business and the community, but always wanted to be in the background," said Mr. "He was a pillar in the community, and his company provides many employment opportunities in upper Snohomish and lower Skagit counties," said Stanwood Mayor Matthew McCune. 28) at his home in Burlington, Skagit County. Lervick Family Village in Stanwood is named for him. Lervick supported the Housing Hope group that helps out-of-work people find transitional housing so they can find their way back into society. And his community involvement went beyond business. He also enriched his community, employing up to 2,000 people in harvest season and helping the unemployed. Lervick was fond of saying, "A dinner without frozen peas is like a kiss without a squeeze."īut in his half-century as head of Stanwood-based Twin City Foods, he parlayed that quip into a frozen-pea-packing firm that now handles 400 million pounds of produce a year at plants in Washington, Idaho and Michigan.
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