Emil Sick
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Emil Sick, 1953
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| Born | June 3, 1894 Tacoma, Washington, United States |
| Died | November 10, 1964 (aged 70) Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Resting place | Acacia Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Lake Forest Park, King County, Washington, USA. |
| Occupation | Brewer, sports entrepreneur |
| Spouse(s) | Kathleen Thelma McPhee, 1918-1962; Mrs. Martha Gardner, 1963-1964. |
| Children | Mrs. Chandler Thomas, Guatemala City, Guatemala; Mrs. Robert Minton, Concord, Mass.; Mrs. Winston Ingman, Mercer Island; a son, Timothy Sick, London, England; an adopted son, Alan Ferguson, Seattle. |
| Parent(s) | Father, Fritz Sick (1859-1945); |
Emil Sick (June 3, 1894 – November 10, 1964) of Seattle, Washington was a brewing worker and industrialist in Canada and later the US. He is well known for his involvement as owner of baseball teams and stadiums in Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia from the 1930s until 1960.
He was chairman of the board of Sick's Rainier Brewing Company and president of Sicks' Brewery Enterprises, Inc., both of Seattle, and a director of three other firms, Molson's Brewery, Ltd., and Sicks' Breweries, Ltd., both of Canada, and the Peoples National Bank of Washington. He also was a director of the Seattle World's Fair.
Emil Sick was the son of Canadian brewer Fritz Sick (1859 - 1945) who built Sick's Lethbridge Brewery where he created Old Style Pilsner and other brand name beers still present in Canadian markets.
Emil Sick attended Western Canada College in Calgary, and took courses at Stanford University.
In an effort to allow his son to learn the family business, Fritz assigned Emil to the duties of shipping clerk at the Lethbridge brewery. Later, Emil worked in other duties within his father's operations in Spokane, Salem, Missoula, Vancouver, B.C., and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and Regina, Saskatchewan.
Sick became general manager of the Associated Breweries of Canada, in 1925. He was managing director of the company in 1928 and president in 1934, one year after he and his father entered the U.S. market following the repeal of Prohibition.
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