Home Textiles Today - September 4, 2006

Palm Springs, Calif. — Dorothy Simon Lampke, longtime owner of The Linen Man, died last month at the age of 91. Lampke, who passed away Aug. 10, founded the bed and bath specialty store with her husband, Berry Locke Lampke, in 1978 in Cathedral City. The business relocated to Rancho Mirage in 1982 and remained there until 1997, when it moved to Palm Desert — all location...

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