Eugene Towner (1906? - 1987) was the long time owner of the Big Ten Party Store.

Timeline: Eugene Towner

September 24, 1987. Owner of Big Ten Party Store, Eugene Towner, Dies at 81. Ann Arbor News. "Towner owned nine grocery stores, including the Pinckney General Store and the Graystone of Ann Arbor. He had owned the Big Ten Party Store on Packard since 1954, and at one time had owned The Canopy, a restaurant in Brighton."