Long-time Central Oregon business owner Jerry Seed passes away at 88
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Along with Mattress Factory, other businesses, actively helped community
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Gerald (Jerry) Seed, founder and owner of The Mattress Factory, passed away Friday in Bend due to complications from a recent stroke. Jerry, who had turned 88 last week, owned and operated businesses in Central Oregon for over 42 years.
Jerry Seed moved to Bend in 1976 with his family from Anchorage, Alaska. He purchased Ostrander’s Country Furniture in the Old Bend Hardware Building, on the corner of Minnesota and Bond Streets in downtown Bend and soon changed the name to Jerry’s Home Furnishings. He would later open a children’s clothing store, Kid’s Stuff, within the furniture store.