S. Prestley Blake, the co-founder of the Friendly’s restaurant chain that he started with his brother Curtis in 1935, has died. He was 106.
Blake died Thursday after a short illness at a hospital near his home in Stuart, Florida, his niece, Holly Schroeder said.
FILE — In this May 16, 2001, file photo, S. Prestley Blake, co-founder of the Friendly Ice Cream Corp., is shown outside the Friendly company conference center in West Springfield, Mass. S. Prestley Blake, who co-founded the Friendly's restaurant chain with his younger brother Curtis, in Springfield, in 1935, died Thursday, Feb.
