Pacific Emblem Makes Memorial UPS Patches to Honor Deceased Driver

Pacific Sportswear and Emblem Company, a 30-plus year patch and emblem manufacturer, had to react to a terrible plane crash right near its corporate offices that claimed the life of a UPS driver whose truck was struck by the plane.

Rich “Dr. Patch” Soergel, CEO of Pacific Sportswear and Emblem, worked for UPS as his first job and is a private pilot (his dad was a 40-year United pilot), with his office right down the street from the accident.

“I felt in my heart I had to do something to honor Steve, who drove for 30 years at UPS and was about to retire,” Soergel said. “I came up with a simple memorial patch that drivers could wear on their sleeves to keep Steve and his life at UPS in their minds. It was the right thing to do.”