Lana Heitmanek has been working at her family’s furniture store since she was a child. As the fourth-generation owner of Beidelman Furniture, the business has always been a part of her life.
“I grew up always hearing about the store because my father worked here, and to be honest, I always kind of thought of it as an entity, like a person,” she said. “It was like there were all of us, you know, my mother and my father, my siblings and other relatives, and then there was the store.”
For 165 years, the furniture store located at the corner of Washington Street and Jackson Avenue in downtown Naperville has been a notable fixture in the city and is currently the oldest business in DuPage County.
Beidelman to close due to rising operational costs
After more than a century and a half in business, Beidelman will be closing its doors on April 29, owners Lana and her daughter, Katy, announced last week…