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Former WMABA Executive Director Sheila Loftus Passes Away

May 13, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Sheila Loftus, the longtime executive director of the Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association (WMABA) and editor and publisher of Hammer & Dolly, its monthly trade magazine, passed away May 11 due to complications from a recent stroke. She was 79 years old.

Sheila Loftus (l) with first lady Dr. Jill Biden in a 2019 photo on Loftus’ Facebook page.

Loftus served as editor and publisher of Hammer & Dolly for 31 years and as executive director of WMABA for nearly as long until parting ways with the association in 2006.

Loftus was a frequent participant at industry meetings, reporting on events for Hammer & Dolly and always had her camera in hand to record events. In addition to her role at Hammer & Dolly, Loftus founded the weekly fax/email news source Crash Network in 1996. Loftus was a 1991 inductee of the Collision Industry Hall of Eagles, the collision industry’s Hall of Fame.

CollisionWeek will provide an update when additional information about memorial services is announced.

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