OBITUARIES

ERYN T. BERIET

Ervin F. Bertel, well-larown sales manager of Scott Lumber Co., Ine., Burney, Calif. died Nov. 23 of natural causes. He was 69.

He was born December 28, 1898, in Tonawanda, N,Y. Mr. Bertel was active in civic afrairs and community life. He belonged to the Tonawanda American Legion Post and Masonic Lodge No. 275. He was an elder in the Burney Presbyterian Church; a member of the Intermountain Shrine Club, where he served as an officer for the past eight years; a member of the Redding Hoo-Hoo Club and was active in the North Star Chapter of Eastern Star of FaII River Mills.

Active in Boy Scouting, Mr. Bertel would soon have had the seventh Eagle Scout among his sons. He held the rank of Beaver as a scouter and was an officer in the Mt. Lassen Council. He also was a World War I Navy veteran.

He. is survived by his widow, Doris; and eight sons, Ervin, Donald, Edward, Carl, Richard, John, Paul and Brian; three sisters, Mary Helwig, Rose Main and Mildred Fonner; brother, Carl, and three grandchildren.

EDWARII f. AIIAMS

Edward F. Adams, president' Economy Lumber Co., Oakland, Calif., died late last year. He was 75.

Mr. Adams established his company 37 years ag:o. A native of Connecticut, he went to California as a child with his family. He began in the lumber business as a high school part time worker. On the road for White Bros., Oakland, he later became an independent broker and then set up his own company.

He is survived by his widow, Bida. His brother-in-law, Edward Connitt, continues as general manager of Economy Lumber.

TT(IIIE C. SIANT()N

Leone C. StantorL wife of Leroy H. Stanton, Sr., former president of E. J. Stanton & Sons, died December 26, in the evening. She was 73.

Mrs. Stanton had suffered a heart attack in October, 1968, and was convalescing at the California Convalescent Hospital, Pasadena, Calif. Leroy Stanton, Sr., is semi-retired, managing a small lumber business of his own presently. The Stantons lived in Pasadena, Calif.

Stanton is the son of the founder of E. J.

Wcrlem Lunrber & Buildlng Mqterlols IfERCHANT

Stanton & Sons, a large Los Angeles lumber and building materials wholesaler and distributor, founded before the turn of the century.

Mrs. Stanton is survived by her daughter, Mary Speck, Glendora, Calif., and son, Edward Bulmahn, Pasadena, and a number of grandchildren.

G|!RII|)I{ DEWARI

Gordon Dewart, office manager of KoPpers Co., Wilmington, Calif., died Nov. 27, of a heart attack. He was 56.

Mr. Dewart was born in New Hampshire in 1913. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he worked for Koppers 20 years, starting in the Denver, Colo., ofrce. He was a member of the American Wood Preservers Assn. He is survived by his widow, Mary, of Huntington Beach, Calif., and daughter' Deborah.