Passing of AdFed Members

We, here at AdFed, know we are nothing without members like you. We want to honor two of our own who have passed in 2021.

THOMAS D. MATTERN, of Syracuse, passed away on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at his home. Tom opened Market share +. The agency offered advertising and marketing services for 26 years not only to the Fort Wayne area, but across the nation as well. Tom was active in the Fort Wayne Advertising Club.(link to obit: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/fortwayne/name/thomas-mattern-obituary?pid=198627814&)

JASON “TIM” SMITH, 60, of Fort Wayne passed away on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. He was born on May 20, 1961, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Roger and Shirley Smith. Jason graduated from Indiana University and worked in business, marketing, media, radio, and journalism. He authored Celebrate Fort Wayne: A Bicentennial Pictorial History of the Summit City (1993) and produced The Queerness Doesn’t Matter: A Journey with My Friends of Dorothy (2020). (link to obit: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/fort-wayne-in/jason-smith-10217290)