OBITUAR!ES

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EARL P. RUTH

Earl P. Ruth. Parlier Lumber Co., Parlier, Ca., died recently at the age of 63.

A past member of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California board of directors, San Joaquin Valley Hoo-Hoo Club, and HooHoo International, the fraternal order of lumbermen, he was also active in civic affairs, devoting much time to community youth organizations. He had lived in Parlier since 1945.

Mr. Ruth is survived by his widow, Virginia, two sons, two sisters, and seven grandchildren.

Al Heller

Al Heller died recently in Beach. Ca.. of cancer at the 78.

Retired, he had started work with Hammond Lumber Co., Long Beach, in the early 1930s and continued with the yard as it changed ownership to Georsia-Pacific and Sun Lumber. He w-as a member of Long Beach Elks.

Mr. Heller is survived by his widow, Peggy, and one daughter.

GARLAND B.FKTZZIE

Garland B. Frizzie, owner-president of Alpine Lumber Co., Sacramento, Ca., died April 30, 1980 of a heart attack. He was 65.

His lumber career began when he went to work for his father as a young man. He later owned and operated Frizzie Lumber Co.. Alcove Lumber Co..andM&FLumberCo.

A horseman, he rode with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Posse Champion Drill Team for many years.

He is survived by his widow, Veronica, one daughter, and three sisters.

GILBERT M. SISSONS

Gilbert M. Sissons died of a heart attack on June 6, 1980, at Healdsbure. Ca. He was 58.

With Knollwood Corp., he had been employed in the lumber industry for over 30 years, beginning with his own G.M. Sissons Lumber Co., a sawmill at Calpella, Ca., then Holmes Lumber Co.. Ft. Braes. Ca.: Marion Ward Lumber Co.. Uliatr, Ca.: and Newport International Forest Products, Newport Beach, Ca.

He had served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II.

Mr. Sissons is survived by his widow; two sons; and five grandchildren; ind a mother, a sistEr, and a brother in British Columbia.

Don Blair

Donald William Blair, Don Blair Lumber Co., Stockton, Ca., died April 14, 1980. Born Sept. 14, 1902 in Centralia, Ks., he was 77.

A graduate of the Central Business Colleee in Kansas City. Mo., he marrie? in 1923 and mov'ed to Stockton in 1924. He worked for the old Sunset Lumber Co. until 1928, when he and O.D. Rouse founded the Rouse-Blair Lumber Co. In l!X6, he sold his interest to Rouse and founded the Don Blair Lumber Co. His son and a grandson are presently active in the retail company.

Mr. Blair is survived by his widow, Mildred; a daughter; son; and five grandchildren.

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