Loonan to retire after 36-year career with Lismore Telephone

Loonan to retire after 36-year career with Lismore Telephone

LISMORE — Bill Loonan, general manager of Lismore Cooperative Telephone Company, will retire on Dec. 31 after a 36-year career with the company. He began his career at Lein Electric and 12 years later an opportunity arose. Then Lismore Cooperative manager Edward Lenz was retiring, so Loonan shared his interest in the position with Marvin Loosbrock, the secretary/treasurer of the Lismore Cooperative Telephone board of directors. “One night I was …