Lon Musolf as secretary of the National Wood Flooring association in 1990.
Musolf founded Lon Musolf Distributing with his wife, Dona, who passed away in 2015. The two ran the business until retiring in 1996 to their home in Fifty Lakes, Minn.
Musolf was a founding member of the National Wood Flooring Association and an instructor for NWFA schools. He was inducted into the NWFA Hall of Fame in 2001.
"He was a wonderful man full of wisdom, knowledge and kindness, and he was great to work with," said American Sanders' Daniel Boone, who taught many schools with Musolf and also attended the annual open houses at his distribution business. "He was also very generous."
He is survived by two daughters, Debbie Musolf Wineman and Lynn Ostlund, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Musolf requested that memorials be given to local charities of one’s choice.
In this 1998 photo, some of the teaching greats of the early NOFMA schools were gathered. Shown are, left to right, Mickey Moore, Steve Halloran, Patsy Davenport, Daniel Boone, Harold Reid, Lon Musolf, Gray Moulthrop, Warner Tweed, Roland Holder, Farris Kennon and Hank Williams.Courtesy of Daniel Boone
The 1990 National Wood Flooring Association board of directors: Back row (left to right): Claude Taylor, Red Peloquin, Pete Lanham, Ira Lefkowitz, Virgil Hendricks, Leonard "Scotty" Wells, Larry Smith, Rick Brian, Harold Zuckerman. Front row (left to right): Keijo Hyvonen, Bill Price Sr., Jonny McSwain, Lon Musolf, Jack Wilcox, Ralph Singer, Gary Reynolds, Bob Fuller, Jack Coates. (Not pictured from 1990 NWFA board of directors: Ralph Costen and Richard Poirier)
Lon Musolf (kneeling) teaches at the first National Wood Flooring Association national training school, held in St. Louis in January 1993.
Lon Musolf (at left) teaches at a wood flooring school in San Francisco in February 2000.
