Howard Wirth, cofounder of Wirth-Daniels candy brokerage firm, passes away at 91
Wirth was inducted into the Candy Hall of Fame in 1992.
Howard W. Wirth, cofounder of the Wirth-Daniels candy brokerage firm, passed away Dec. 1, 2019. He was 91.
Wirth was born Nov. 4, 1928, the only child of Ruth and Ben Wirth. He attended Central High and Temple University. After working in the candy industry on the East Coast for several years, he relocated to the Chicago area in the 1960s to co-found the Wirth-Daniels candy brokerage firm.