November 15, 2006 • A twin-engine Cessna 303 crashed near South Bend, Ind., on Monday night, killing all five passengers onboard. Among them were four team members from Two Rivers Marketing, Des Moines, Iowa, including Tom Dunphy, president and co-founder; Leslie O'Bannon, account executive; Eric Jacobs, IT leader; and Josh Trainor, IT specialist.
Two Rivers Marketing was formed six years ago by Dunphy and Brian Jones, chief financial officer. The company specializes in business-to-business marketing and public relations and represents several construction equipment manufacturers in the lifting equipment industry. Among those are Ingersoll Rand, Bobcat Co., Iowa Mold Tooling, and John Deere Power Solutions.
“We lost four Two Rivers Marketing family members, and we are greatly saddened,” read a company statement. “We are still somewhat stunned from the news, but we know Tom and the others would have urged us to try and maintain our poise and go on, as difficult as that maybe. As we steadily pull through this time together, our thoughts and prayers are with the families during this terribly tragic time.”
Details of services are still pending.
