Frank Parks Sr. of Century Tile Has Died

Lombard, IL, October 23, 2020-Frank Parks Sr., co-founder of Century Tile, died October 21 at age 92. 

Parks partnered with Paul Spiewak Sr. in 1947 to start Century Tile & Supply Company.

Over the years, the pair grew the business from a little store on Austin Avenue in Chicago to twelve locations covering the Chicago-land area and becoming one of the largest floorcovering retailers and distributors in the Midwest. 

Pic: Parks, left; Spiewak, right.