Dennis Charles O’Donnell passed away due to respiratory failure from ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, on February 16, 2008, leaving behind family, friends and business associates, all who knew him as “O’D”.  O’D was born on April 21, 1943 at San Francisco Children’s Hospital to Charles and Gail (Boman) O’Donnell. After college, O’D began his sales career, which included jobs with Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Berkey Photo and Harbinger.  In 1998, he started his own manufacturers representative business, O’D Sales.