OBITIUARIES

Frank R. Gilchrist. 66. former president of Gilchrist Timber Co.. Gilchrist, Or., died Feb. 26. 1991. in Bend, Or.

Born in Big Rapids, Mi., Mr. Gilchrist joined the family business after World War II, becoming president when his father died in 1956. He retired in 1988.

He also served as 1968-70 chairman of the Western Wood Products Association, member of the Oregon State Parks and Recreation Advisorv Committee, and longtime directoi on the Oregon Board of Forestry.

Mr. Gilchrist is survived by three sons, one daughter, one brother, one sister, and two grandchildren.

Phillip DuBaldi, 69, former Humboldt County, Ca., lumberman. died after a brief illness Feb. 15, 1991. in Arcata. Ca.

He worked for various lumber wholesalers and manufacturers during his 40-year career, retiring in the mid-1980s from Andersonia Forest Products, Arcata.

Mr. DuBaldi is survived bv his widow. Ann. and one son.

Charles Beckman, 85, owner and president of Beckman Lumber Service Inc., Rancho Dominguez, Ca., was apparently beaten to death March 9, l99l , after surprising burglars at the yard on Saturday.

Born in Coudersport, Pa., Mr. Beckman began his lumber career in 1924 at a New York sawmill. In 1933, after serving with the Merchant Marine. he moved to California to join Cadwallader-Gibson Co., products at Fibre-Form Wood Products, Rocklin, Ca., died Feb. 2. 1991, of an apparent heart attack while pheasant hunting in the Sacramento, Ca., area.

Los Angeles, Ca., which became Mahogany Importing Co. and Precision Kiln Drying.

When World War Il broke out, he rejoined the Merchant Marine, but in 1942 the government asked him to return to Precision since he was one of four individuals certified to kiln dry spruce for the war effort. After Precision was dissolved in 1953, he formed Beckman Lumber Service with brothers Robert and John.

Mr. Beckman is survived by his three sons, three daughters, one brother, two sisters, and six grandchildren.

A native of lllinois. Mr. Odekirk began his lumber career in 1959 With Edward Hines Lumber Co.. Chicago. Il., before moving to California in 1969 to join R.F. Nikkel Co., Sacramento. which became DG Shelter Products a year later. He went to Nikkel Corp., Sacramento, as president in 1976.

In 1983, he joined Pooser Lumber Co., Sacramento, wholesaling radiata pine products from Chile as agents for Fibre-Form. At the end of 1989, he joined Fibre-Form.

Mr. Odekirk is survived by his widow, Darrell, his parents, two daughters, one son, and two sisters.

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