Lessiter Media Co-Founder Pam Lessiter Passes

She co-founded ‘a different kind of ag publishing company’ in 1981 with husband, Frank

Pam Lessiter of Brookfield, Wis., co-founder of Lessiter Media Inc. (LM), passed away on March 8, 2025 after an unwavering 7-year battle with lung disease. She passed peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving husband, Frank and all 4 of her children in a room packed with in-laws and grandchildren. 

Pamela Ann Fuzak was born August 24, 1943, in Champaign, Ill., to Dorothy and John Fuzak, and grew up in East Lansing, Mich. While attending Michigan State Univ. (where she earned a Business Education degree), she met her soulmate, Frank Lessiter, in the university’s information services offices where both worked. After a brief courtship, they wed on November 23, 1963.

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