OBITUARIES

Redmond "Gus" Michaels, 85, executive secretary of the Arizona Lumber and Builders Supply Association from 1947 to 1965, died July 30, 1984.

He was born in Tucson, Az., and served in the U.S. Armyin W.W. I. Mr. Michaels was a semi-pro baseball player and coach, later serving as president of the Arizona State League.

ln 1922 he began a lengthy term of employment for Roy and Titcome Co., Nogales, Az., an early day conglomerate. It included lumber and millwork-he was manager of the mill-and at one time the firm imported Mexican cedar that was used in

9090 of the cigarboxes in the U.S.

Mr. Michaels was also a member of the Arizona State Highway Commission and was later instrumental in reactivating the Fort Huachuca Army Ordinance Base, the largest such facility in the country. He was a member for more than 50 years of both The Elks Lodge and the Kiwannis Club.

He is survived by his widow, Katherine.

Joseph B. Ransom, owner of the Ransom Bros. Lumber and Supply Co., Ramona, Ca., died in that city on June 25, l98y', of cancer. He was 62.

A resident of Ramona since childhood, he was a graduate of the University of Southern California with a B.S. in business administration. He had been a member of both the Ramona Chamber of Commerce and

Rotary Club for 35 years. He had served as a director and president of the Pacific Southwest Hardware Association.

Mr. Ransom is survived by his widow, Esther, two sons, two daughters, two brothers, one sister and four grandchildren.

John A. Kyncy, president and general manager of Whiting Mead Co. Builders' Market, San Diego, Ca., died of cancer on July 3, 1984. He was 66 years old.

A member of the San Diego Lumbermens' Association, he joined the company in 1947, after serving in World War II.

Mr. Kyncy is survived by his widow, Mary; two brothers and one sister.