Albert Fraenkel II, Baton Rouge furniture company founder, dies at 94

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Albert Fraenkel II, founder of Fraenkel Wholesale Furniture Co., an upholstery and mattress manufacturer and furniture distributor, died late last month. He was 94. The New Orleans native started the company with his wife, Eleanor, after moving to Baton Rouge in 1959. They started with $12,000 in savings and borrowed another $28,000; by 2009, the

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