Mark C. Bloome, who immigrated to Southern California from Canada in 1924 and parlayed a 15 cent
authentic michael kors outlet a gallon Richfield gasoline station into one of the nation's largest chain of tire stores, is dead.
His son in law, Jerry Fields, who helped oversee
cheap red bottom shoes the 45 tire and service stations in the
michael kors outlet prices chain
Coach factory sale until they were sold in 1972, said Bloome was 89 when he died Sunday at his Beverly Hills home.
As with many of Southern California's aged
michael kors hamilton bag sale entrepreneurs, Bloome had his origins
gucci outlet elsewhere. He was a boy when
authentic michael kors he left Canada to find his fortune and only 22 when he opened his Richfield station at Compton Boulevard and Slauson Avenue in South Central Los Angeles.