George was the son of George and Mary Hepworth. His middle name comes from his grandfather, William. His father was a successful wool dealer and president of Hepworth and Sons. George first married Lilla Hepworth who he met while visiting a friend in Atlantic City, NJ. They married and had 3 daughters; Lynne (Hepworth) Furtado 1941, Leslie (Hepworth) Hiller and Lilla (Hepworth) Brigham 9 Aug 1938. He and his family summered in Margate, NJ. After his father retired he took over the company. George and his wife Lilla divorced and he second married Joyce and they had a daughter Jill.
"George W. Hepworth, 69, Phila. textiles innovator"
"George W. Hepworth, 69, a Philadelphia textiles innovator who sold Detroit on the idea of carpeting cars, died Dec 25 in West Palm Beach, FL. He formerly lived at the Palm beach Polo & Country Club in Wellington, Fla.
His family announced his death yesterday.
Mr. Hepworth had been president of William Hepworth & Sons, a family-owned woolen firm in Center City (Phila). He also headed Heplon Inc., which manufactured and worked with synthetic fibers.
Through experimentation, Mr. Hepworth found a process in which waste nylon could be salvaged and used as tufting in the manufacture of carpeting. The discovery completely changed the carpet industry.
Using the same mill waste, he also found he could produce high-pile carpeting at such a low cost that he was able to sell the auto industry on abandoning the use of rubber mats, replacing them with living-room carpets.
He sold his processes and companies to Allied Chemical corp. and retired to Florida in 1966.
He was former member of the Atlantic City Country Club, Seaview country Club, Pine Valley Gold Club, Palm Beach Polo & Country Club and Sailfish Club.
Surviving are his wife, Joyce Hepworth; daughter Jill stepdaughters, Mrs. Charles Passantine, daughters Mrs. Fred Furtado (Lynne 1941) and Mrs. Kurt C. Hiller (Leslie 1947) and Lilla Bingham 1938 and six grandchildren."
"George W. Hepworth, 69, Phila. textiles innovator"
"George W. Hepworth, 69, a Philadelphia textiles innovator who sold Detroit on the idea of carpeting cars, died Dec 25 in West Palm Beach, FL. He formerly lived at the Palm beach Polo & Country Club in Wellington, Fla.
His family announced his death yesterday.
Mr. Hepworth had been president of William Hepworth & Sons, a family-owned woolen firm in Center City (Phila). He also headed Heplon Inc., which manufactured and worked with synthetic fibers.
Through experimentation, Mr. Hepworth found a process in which waste nylon could be salvaged and used as tufting in the manufacture of carpeting. The discovery completely changed the carpet industry.
Using the same mill waste, he also found he could produce high-pile carpeting at such a low cost that he was able to sell the auto industry on abandoning the use of rubber mats, replacing them with living-room carpets.
He sold his processes and companies to Allied Chemical corp. and retired to Florida in 1966.
He was former member of the Atlantic City Country Club, Seaview country Club, Pine Valley Gold Club, Palm Beach Polo & Country Club and Sailfish Club.
Surviving are his wife, Joyce Hepworth; daughter Jill stepdaughters, Mrs. Charles Passantine, daughters Mrs. Fred Furtado (Lynne 1941) and Mrs. Kurt C. Hiller (Leslie 1947) and Lilla Bingham 1938 and six grandchildren."
George was the son of George and Mary Hepworth. His middle name comes from his grandfather, William. His father was a successful wool dealer and president of Hepworth and Sons. George first married Lilla Hepworth who he met while visiting a friend in Atlantic City, NJ. They married and had 3 daughters; Lynne (Hepworth) Furtado 1941, Leslie (Hepworth) Hiller and Lilla (Hepworth) Brigham 9 Aug 1938. He and his family summered in Margate, NJ. After his father retired he took over the company. George and his wife Lilla divorced and he second married Joyce and they had a daughter Jill.
"George W. Hepworth, 69, Phila. textiles innovator"
"George W. Hepworth, 69, a Philadelphia textiles innovator who sold Detroit on the idea of carpeting cars, died Dec 25 in West Palm Beach, FL. He formerly lived at the Palm beach Polo & Country Club in Wellington, Fla.
His family announced his death yesterday.
Mr. Hepworth had been president of William Hepworth & Sons, a family-owned woolen firm in Center City (Phila). He also headed Heplon Inc., which manufactured and worked with synthetic fibers.
Through experimentation, Mr. Hepworth found a process in which waste nylon could be salvaged and used as tufting in the manufacture of carpeting. The discovery completely changed the carpet industry.
Using the same mill waste, he also found he could produce high-pile carpeting at such a low cost that he was able to sell the auto industry on abandoning the use of rubber mats, replacing them with living-room carpets.
He sold his processes and companies to Allied Chemical corp. and retired to Florida in 1966.
He was former member of the Atlantic City Country Club, Seaview country Club, Pine Valley Gold Club, Palm Beach Polo & Country Club and Sailfish Club.
Surviving are his wife, Joyce Hepworth; daughter Jill stepdaughters, Mrs. Charles Passantine, daughters Mrs. Fred Furtado (Lynne 1941) and Mrs. Kurt C. Hiller (Leslie 1947) and Lilla Bingham 1938 and six grandchildren."
"George W. Hepworth, 69, Phila. textiles innovator"
"George W. Hepworth, 69, a Philadelphia textiles innovator who sold Detroit on the idea of carpeting cars, died Dec 25 in West Palm Beach, FL. He formerly lived at the Palm beach Polo & Country Club in Wellington, Fla.
His family announced his death yesterday.
Mr. Hepworth had been president of William Hepworth & Sons, a family-owned woolen firm in Center City (Phila). He also headed Heplon Inc., which manufactured and worked with synthetic fibers.
Through experimentation, Mr. Hepworth found a process in which waste nylon could be salvaged and used as tufting in the manufacture of carpeting. The discovery completely changed the carpet industry.
Using the same mill waste, he also found he could produce high-pile carpeting at such a low cost that he was able to sell the auto industry on abandoning the use of rubber mats, replacing them with living-room carpets.
He sold his processes and companies to Allied Chemical corp. and retired to Florida in 1966.
He was former member of the Atlantic City Country Club, Seaview country Club, Pine Valley Gold Club, Palm Beach Polo & Country Club and Sailfish Club.
Surviving are his wife, Joyce Hepworth; daughter Jill stepdaughters, Mrs. Charles Passantine, daughters Mrs. Fred Furtado (Lynne 1941) and Mrs. Kurt C. Hiller (Leslie 1947) and Lilla Bingham 1938 and six grandchildren."
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