About Oakhurst Company
A Family Business Built Across Generations
Oakhurst Company is a family business built across generations, with roots in the work of brothers Stanley H. Roberts and Alfred Roberts and a continuing connection to the family members who followed them.
The company was established several decades ago by Stanley and Alfred Roberts. Their business centered on maintaining the availability of traditional and hard-to-find remedies that had already been part of American commercial life for generations. Rather than allowing older remedies to disappear as the marketplace changed, the brothers built a business around continuing to make these products available.
That philosophy became an important part of Oakhurst Company's identity and remains central to the company's history.
The Founders
Stanley H. Roberts
Stanley H. Roberts founded Oakhurst Company with his brother, Alfred Roberts.
Stanley H. Roberts is remembered by Oakhurst Company as its founder and as the person who devoted the later decades of his career to developing the business. Stanley and his brother Alfred established the company together. In the years that followed, Alfred died in the late 1970s, and Stanley continued the business independently, maintaining its focus on hard-to-find traditional remedies.
Oakhurst Company's history states that Stanley was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and that he devoted more than 30 years to the company. During that period, the business grew substantially, with annual sales reaching several million dollars.
Stanley H. Roberts died in the fall of 2003 at age 86. His role in the company is not simply a historical footnote. The business that developed under his leadership became the foundation for the family operation that followed.
Alfred Roberts
Co-Founder
Alfred Roberts was Stanley's brother and co-founder of Oakhurst Company.
The two brothers established the business at a time when many traditional remedies were becoming increasingly difficult to find. Their decision to continue dealing in these older products helped define the company's commercial identity.
Alfred remained involved in the company until his death in the late 1970s. After his death, Stanley continued the business and carried forward the company's focus on making established remedies available to customers.
Together, Stanley and Alfred established the foundation on which the later generations of the family would build.
The Family Continues
Robin Stessel
Prseident and Daughter of Founder Stanley H. Roberts
Robin Stessel is President of Oakhurst. She represents the second generation of the family to become directly involved in Oakhurst Company. Her involvement continued the family connection to the business established by her father and uncle.
Jason Stessel
Vice President of Sales and Marketing · Grandson of Stanley H. Roberts
Jason Stessel represents the third generation of the family involved in Oakhurst Company. As Vice President of Sales and Marketing, he is part of the current leadership of the business established by his grandfather and great-uncle.
Sara Ardila
Vice President of Production · Granddaughter of Stanley H. Roberts
Sara Ardila also represents the third generation of the family involved in the company. As Vice President of Production, she is responsible for production as part of Oakhurst's current operations.
Oakhurst Today
Oakhurst Company operates today from Bethpage, New York.
The company continues as a family business, carrying forward the foundation established by its founders and the generations that followed. Its history is closely connected to established remedies and consumer health products, some of which have histories that extend much further back than the modern Oakhurst business.
A Long History of Traditional Remedies
One of the defining characteristics of Oakhurst Company's history is its focus on products that were already established before the company itself entered the market. Oakhurst's own historical account describes the business as preserving the availability of older, hard-to-find remedies, including medicines and preparations whose histories extend well into the 19th century.
That distinction matters.
The historical age of a particular remedy does not necessarily represent the founding date of Oakhurst Company. Rather, these products form part of the commercial history that shaped the company and the type of business Stanley and Alfred Roberts chose to build. Oakhurst's present-day product line continues to include a number of traditional and legacy brands, connecting the company's current business with the category of older remedies that has characterized its history.
Continuing the Oakhurst Legacy
Oakhurst Company's history is ultimately a story about people as much as products.
It began with two brothers, Stanley and Alfred Roberts, who built a business around traditional remedies and hard-to-find products. After Alfred's death, Stanley continued developing the company for more than three decades. After Stanley's death in 2003, responsibility for the business passed to the next generation of his family.
Today, that family connection continues through his daughter and grandchildren, including Robin Stessel, Jason Stessel, and Sara Ardila.
The result is a family business whose present-day operation remains connected to the work of the people who established it decades ago. Oakhurst Company continues that history from its home in Bethpage, New York, carrying the family business forward while serving customers looking for established and traditional products that have remained part of the company's story.
Contact Oakhurst Company
Oakhurst Company
428 N. Wantagh Ave.
Bethpage, NY 11714
1-800-831-1135
516-731-5380
Fax: 516-731-5607
Email: oakhurstco@aol.com