By the time of the Fretter acquisition, Silo was damaged goods. Lichty and Eleanor Louise Fretter married on January 5, 1931. Inc. Fretter was a Detroit, Michigan-based company, operating electronics stores under the Fretter's, YES! Oliver Fretter died on June 29, 2014 at the age of 91. Fretter moved its corporate offices to Colorado and oversaw the merger from there. Fretter returned its main office to the Detroit area, to Brighton, Michigan. Fretter expanded his operations throughout the midwest and New England by the 1970s.