Retired Flexsteel chief executive officer Jack Crahan dies

(Dec. 2, 2015) -- Jack Bertsch “J.B.” Crahan, 92, former chairman and chief executive officer of Flexsteel Ind., died at Unity Point-Finley Hospital here on Nov. 19. In 1965-66, Crahan spearheaded the metal division’s move into recreational vehicles, when Winnebago requested that Flexsteel build frames for them. Crahan came up with the phrase, "It's all furniture, but this is just furniture that goes down the road."