Kocolene Development Corporation

In August 1938, Mrs. Carrie M. Myers used a large portion of her life savings to purchase the entire capital stock of the very young Keiser Oil Company. She acquired two service stations one in Seymour, Indiana, and the other in Columbus, Indiana along with an old tank truck. Both service stations were new and Ms. Myers was new to the oil business, but she arrived with determination and a will to succeed. The company was renamed and branded Kocolene in 1943 Koco, the prefix from Keiser Oil Company, and lene, because it was a gasoline/kerosene business. From this beginning, Kocolene has grown to one of the most respected independent oil companies in the Midwest. Expanding their operation over the years to 99 locations in nine states, sales grew to over $150,000,000 annually, while nearly 600 people became part of the Kocolene team. What started with one womans dream, two stations and one old tanker truck had now become nearly 100 locations staffed by local managers, supervised by ...