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Weekly UpdatesAllen J. BLOCK, CPM[R]
Allen J. Block, CPM, 93, passed away on January 19, 2009. Block was the founder and chairman of the board of Block & Company, Inc., REALTORS, in Prairie Village, Kan. He entered the real estate business in 1936 and acquired The Werby Realty & Investment Company in 1940. He served as president and director of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) of Kansas City and was a director of the National Association of REALTORS. "Mr. Allen," as he was known to all the employees at his company, was very involved in social and philanthropic activities as well as in the real estate community. He was a real estate mentor and enjoyed teaching throughout his career. He was greatly respected by his peers and will be deeply missed.
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RHETA WILLIAMS, CPM
Rheta Williams, CPM, and her husband Dan passed away on February 12, 2009 in a small plane crash outside of Houston. Williams was vice president and director of property management with Schlosser Development Corporation in Austin, Texas. She had over 20 years of commercial real estate experience working with developers, national clients and entrepreneurs.
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Those who knew Rheta know how gracious she was and how much she cared for the Institute. Before her death she was serving as 2009 IREM Region 7 Vice President, covering Texas and Oklahoma. Williams earned the CERTIFIED PROPERTY MANAGER (CPM) designation from IREM in 1999 and was long active in the IREM Austin Chapter No. 61, where she served as chapter president in 2003. In 2006 Williams received the chapter's "CPM of the Year" award.
The Austin Chapter has created a page on their Web site to write messages and share memories of Rheta with her family at www.iremaustin.org/rhetawilliamstribute.asp.
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