Joseph Hardy, Founder of 84 Lumber, Dies on 100th Birthday

Joseph Hardy, Founder of 84 Lumber, Dies on 100th Birthday
Joseph Hardy III poses for a picture. Jordan Millington Liquorice/Courtesy of 84 Lumber Company via AP
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FARMINGTON, Pa.—Joseph Hardy III, founder of the 84 Lumber chain of building materials stores and developer of the Nemacolin resort, has died. He was 100.

A family statement provided by the company said the family had lost its “patriarch and all-around great man.” A profile posted on the company’s website said he passed away on his 100th birthday Saturday ”surrounded by his loving family singing Broadway show tunes to comfort him at his home in Farmington.”