Fred Berland, 56, president of the former P. J. Berland Paint &Wallpaper City chain, died Tuesday in Evanston Hospital.
Mr. Berland, who lived in Northbrook, had been ill with braincancer for nine months.
He is credited with building the business from a one-storyoperation in Chicago to 20 stores in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas.The Berland stores were sold to Sherwin-Williams Co. in 1984.
Mr. Berland was a Korean War veteran. After selling the paintand …
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