| Leonard Joseph DeMino |
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Leonard DeMino, 81, a former vice president of Peoples Drug Stores
and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, died Sept. 16 at
Suburban Hospital in Bethesda.
He died of cancer, heart and kidney ailments, said a friend, Jim
Whitman, an official of the drug stores association.
Mr. DeMino began his career with Peoples Drug Stores in 1956 as a
pharmacist. He retired from the chain in 1989 as a vice president. He then
joined the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, where he was a
consultant and vice president until retiring again in 2009.
Leonard Joseph DeMino was born in Washington. He graduated from
Coolidge High School and the George Washington University pharmacy
school.
He was a former president of the District of Columbia Pharmacists
Association, and he had done volunteer work for St. Elizabeth’s Catholic
Church in Rockville. He was a North Bethesda resident.
Survivors include his wife, Delores Ricciardella DeMino, whom he
married in 1957, of North Bethesda; two children, Cristina Finney of La
Canada, Calif., and Joe DeMino of Gaithersburg; and three grandchildren.
— Bart Barnes
and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, died Sept. 16 at
Suburban Hospital in Bethesda.
He died of cancer, heart and kidney ailments, said a friend, Jim
Whitman, an official of the drug stores association.
Mr. DeMino began his career with Peoples Drug Stores in 1956 as a
pharmacist. He retired from the chain in 1989 as a vice president. He then
joined the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, where he was a
consultant and vice president until retiring again in 2009.
Leonard Joseph DeMino was born in Washington. He graduated from
Coolidge High School and the George Washington University pharmacy
school.
He was a former president of the District of Columbia Pharmacists
Association, and he had done volunteer work for St. Elizabeth’s Catholic
Church in Rockville. He was a North Bethesda resident.
Survivors include his wife, Delores Ricciardella DeMino, whom he
married in 1957, of North Bethesda; two children, Cristina Finney of La
Canada, Calif., and Joe DeMino of Gaithersburg; and three grandchildren.
— Bart Barnes
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