By Kevin McCauley
Donna Myers, a food & spirits PR pro, died Jan. 7 from Creuzfeldt-Jakob Disease at her home in Holmdel, N.J. She was 72.
The North Dakota native began her career at the Theodore L. Sills shop, which was acquired by Burson-Marsteller.
Known as a champion for the advancement of women in PR, Myers opened her own agency, Myers CommuniCounsel (now DHM Group) in 1979, servicing a string of blue-chips including Procter & Gamble, Quaker Oats, AT&T, Gerber, Hershey, Chiquita Brands and Bigelow Tea, plus trade groups like National Dairy Board, Pickle Packers International, Pork Producers Council and H earth Patio & Barbecue Assn.
Myers is survived by husband, Charles; son Chip, daughter-in-law Kim, and grandson Dylan.
A memorial is slated for noon of Jan. 18 at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Holmdel.
Donations to fund CJD research in the memory of Donna Holcomb Myers go to National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, 2085 Adelbert Road, Room 419, Cleveland, 44106-4907. Send condolences to the family to charley_56 [at] live.com.
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