The roofing industry is mourning the loss of Ethelmae Humphreys, considered the matriarch of the roofing industry, who died Dec. 27 at 94. Ethelmae was the daughter of TAMKO-founder E.L. Craig, and worked for the building products manufacturer in several capacities since 1948. A trailblazer, she had been a consistent presence in the roofing industry for nearly three-quarters of a century.
Ethelmae worked in the roofing shingle manufacturing business most of her life, starting by sacking nails in a Kansas City shingle plant and concluding with 73 years of service as chairman emerita. Ethelmae was named executive vice-president and took control of the day-to-day operations of TAMKO in 1950, at the age of the 23, after her father suffered a stroke. She succeeded in a predominantly male industry, confidently leading a major corporation as a 20-something woman in 1950s America, setting an example for women in the manufacturing and roofing industries.
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