![]() [Frederick Louis Maytag I (J– March 26, 1937) also known as F. Conradena Wilhelmina Bergman Maytag (1859 - 1934)*īurial: Newton Union Cemetery Newton Jasper County Iowa, USA.He founded the Maytag Appliance Company's, and was its first president. He provided bequests to many of his employees in his will.īusiness Magnate. He died in 1937 in Los Angeles, where he had a winter home. gave Newton a park, complete with swimming pool and band shell provided for buildings for the Salvation Army and the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and contributed generously to Newton churches. He represented Jasper County in the Iowa Senate for 10 years, served one term as Newton's mayor, and was Iowa's first director of the budget.į. was a major investor and officer in the Maytag-Mason Automobile Company, the South Dakota Railway Co., the Iowa Mausoleum Company, and other ventures. turned the presidency over to his second son, Lewis Bergman Maytag, but continued as chairman of the board of directors until his death.į. married Dena Bergman, and they had four children: Elmer H., Louise "Polly" (Smith), Lewis B. ![]() L., who stressed that quality was more important than low prices, served as president of the company for about 12 years. ![]() In 1909 the Maytag Company was organized to produce washing machines. The first washing machine was added to the company's line in 1907. In 1893 he became a partner in the Parsons Band Cutter & Self Feeder Company. He sold his interest in that endeavor and bought a lumberyard in Newton. About 1880 he left the farm and started working in a Newton implement business a year later he was half-owner. started working on the family farm at an early age and had only minimal public education. The family moved to Marshall County, Iowa, in 1868, settling on a farm that remains under Maytag ownership.į. and Amelia (Toeneboehn) Maytag, natives of Germany, who were married at Independence, Iowa, in 1856. L Maytag was born near Elgin, Illinois, the eldest son of Daniel W.
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