Chris Pancratz, former HIDA exec, dead at 52

Healthcare Purchasing News, Sept, 2003

Chris Pancratz, former executive director of the Health Industry Distributors Association, died Aug. 2, of cancer. He was 52. Pancratz, who was born Oct. 31, 1950 in Chicago, served as HIDA's top staffer for ten years. Earlier in his career, he was also employed for more than 20 years by Chicago Hospital Supply, Palatine, IL, the last five yeas as president of the firm, in addition to several other positions in and out of the industry. Most recently, in 1999 he founded his own consulting firm, PAD Development Association.

Pancratz is survived by his wife, Christine (nee Stanczak), whom he married Aug. 12, 1973; his children, Katherine of Woodbridge, IL, and Phillip (Kimberly) Pancratz of Virginia Beach, VA; his grandchildren, Jillian, Alina and Joseph; his brothers, Matthew (Heather) Pancratz of Homer, AK, Andrew (Jeanette) Pancratz of Hoffman Estates, IL; Kevin (Joyce) Pancratz and Richard (Lynette) Pancratz both of Arlington Heights, IL; and his sisters, Anne of Evanston, IL, and Barbara (Ronald) Heiderman of Niles, IL.

HPNOnline and Healthcare Purchasing News would like to extend sincere sympathy to the family of Chris Pancratz, a feeling we are certain is shared by readers who knew him.

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