Obituary
Tom Hunter, Director of Sales at Shell Roofing Solutions, Loses Battle with Cancer
Beloved commercial roofing professional’s death is “heartbreaking” to family and colleagues
Publisher Jill Bloom and the team at Roofing Contractor magazine extend our sincere condolences to the Hunter family and his colleagues at Shell Roofing Solutions.
Bottom photo: Hunter and his wife, Hilarie, in a photo courtesy of Facebook from August 2013.
— Photo courtesy of Shell Roofing Solutions/Image by Bryan Gottlieb for RC
Shell Roofing Solutions, a family-owned commercial roofing firm based in Chino, Calif., released a statement Wednesday afternoon announcing the passing of its long-time Director of Sales, Tom Hunter, who had been with the firm for the past decade.
The announcement of Hunter’s passing was made by Shell Roofing’s President and CEO, Rudy Gutierrez, saying, “It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that Tom Hunter … passed away this morning after a long battle with cancer [and] we are heartbroken the devastating news; He was a talented and an amazing man.”
Hunter grew up in the Southern California city of Lakewood, about 12 miles east of Long Beach. He attended Loyola Marymount College in Los Angeles and majored in business administration. He is survived by his family, including his wife, Hilarie Spater Hunter. No further information was available at press time.
Gutierrez added that “Tom loved the Roofing Industry; he was and will always be a Shell Roofing Solutions family member.”
Roofing Contractor extends its condolences to the Hunter family and the owners and employees of Shell Roofing Solutions, as well as the countless lives he touched.
We will update this page as more information becomes available.
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Bryan Gottlieb is the online editor at Engineering News-Record (ENR).
Gottlieb is a five-time Society of Professional Journalists Excellence in Journalism award winner with more than a decade of experience covering business, construction, and community issues. He has worked at Adweek, managed a community newsroom in Santa Monica, Calif., and reported on finance, law, and real estate for the San Diego Daily Transcript. He later served as editor-in-chief of the Detroit Metro Times and was managing editor at Roofing Contractor, where he helped shape national industry coverage.
Gottlieb covers breaking news, large-scale infrastructure projects, new products and business.
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