Company chief retired in 1977

MADISON, Wis. —- Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Wisconsin-based meat processing company that bears his name, has died.

Mr. Mayer’s wife, Geraldine, said he died Monday at age 95 at Hospice Care in Fitchburg.

He was the third Oscar Mayer in the family that founded Oscar Mayer Foods, which was once the largest private employer in Madison. His grandfather, Oscar F. Mayer, died in 1955 and his father, Oscar G. Mayer Sr., died in 1965.

Mr. Mayer retired as board chairman in 1977 soon after the firm recorded its first $1 billion year.