Boise businessman Myron 'Mike' Goffin, who died last week, built an empire of furniture and appliance stores

May 30, 2012  by in UnCategorized   

By Aggregated Content in on May 31, 2012 from http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z6578187030&z=1250249029 Myron �Mike� Goffin knew the way to a shopper�s heart is through his stomach. About 1960, after opening a tiny storefront appliance shop on Main Street in Boise, he caught his first microwave customers with the promise of a free casserole made by his wife. �Whichever casserole they chose, he�d put it in the microwave,� said Martin R. Goffin, his son and former owner of the family business. Mike Goffin died May 24 at 82 after suffering from heart and kidney failure. Though he was Boston-born, Goffin landed at the Mountain Home Air Force Base after the Korean War

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