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• Services were held over the weekend for James Forkin, 80, long time grocery industry executive, who passed away last week after suffering multiple strokes. After years as Vice President of Sales for Sara Lee, James founded Cleveland food brokerage, Buckeye Sales & Marketing in 1975. Starting the brokerage with just the Sara Lee Line and three employees, Jim built Buckeye Sales into a nationally recognized brokerage firm for representation in Northeast Ohio.
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