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La-Z-Boy Board Member Petrauskas Passes Away

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La-Z-Boy Incorporated announced that Helen O. Petrauskas, a member of the company's Board, passed away late Wednesday evening. She was 61 years old. Petrauskas joined La-Z-Boy's Board of Directors in 2000 and served as the Chairwoman of the Investment Performance Review Committee and as a Member of the Compensation Committee. Patrick H. Norton, Chairman of La-Z-Boy, said, "It is with great sorrow that we make this announcement. Helen was an extremely accomplished, talented and dynamic woman who contributed greatly to our Board and Company. I feel privileged to have worked with her and am thankful for her wisdom, sound judgment and dedication to La-Z-Boy. On behalf of all of my colleagues, I would like to extend our sincere condolences to her family." About La-Z-Boy: With annual sales of approximately $2 billion, La-Z-Boy Incorporated is one of the world's leading residential furniture producers, marketing furniture for every room of the home, as well as for the hospitality, health care and assisted-living industries. The La-Z-Boy Upholstery Group companies are Bauhaus, Centurion, Clayton Marcus, England, La-Z-Boy, and Sam Moore. The La-Z-Boy Casegoods Group companies are American Drew, American of Martinsville, Hammary, Kincaid, Lea and Pennsylvania House.