OTITUARiES

Mark Elward

Mark Elward, controller and secretary-treasurer of Big Creek Lumber Co., Santa Cruz, Ca., died Sept. 8, 1980, in a single-engine plane crash in the Smokey Hollow area, l5 miles west of Jackson, Wy.

A resident ofSanta Cruz since 1948, he served in the Army in the Korean War, returning home to attend San Jose State University. He graduated with a degree in business administration in 1959 and joined Big Creek Lumber Co. as controller in 1961.

Mr. Elward is survived by his widow, Betty, twin sons, a daughter, his mother, a sister, and four brothers.

LEROY H. STANTON. SR.

Leroy H. Stanton, Sr.. retired president of E.J. Stanton & Son Inc., Norwalk, Ca., died Sept 11, 1980 of pneumonia. He would have been 9l in December.

Born in St. Louis, Mi., to a family long active in the lumber business, he moved West with his parents in 1892, His father, E.J. Stanton, founded a hardwood and softwood lumber distributing yard in Los Angeles in 1894.

Mr. Stanton, who attended Stanford University, left college in 1911 to aid his father, who was ill, in the business. He became a partner in 1912. When the company was incorporated after his father's death in 1913, he became president. During World War I he served with the Army in France for one year and returned to operate his company until his retirement in 1965.

Active since l92l in Hoo-Hoo. the international lumberman's fraternity, he served as president in 1948. He often referred to the years in which he worked to expand and strengthen the organization as "the most wonderful years of his life."

He is survived by two children, six grandchildren, three great grandchildren- and a sister.

Elmer Padula

Elmer Albert Padula, owner of E.A. Padula Lumber Co., in Santa Rosa, Ca., died on Sept. 13, 1980, at the age of 65.

A resident of Willits. Ca.. for 33 years, he operated his lumber business in Willits, Novato and Santa Paula, Ca., in addition to having agriculture holdings in the San Joaquin Valley. He was a member of Hoo-Hoo International, the lumberman's fraternity, as well as numerous other organizations.

He is survived by his widow, Lorainne, three sons, a daughter, and four brothers.

HARRY W. MURPHY

Harry W. Murphy, former secretary-manager of the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau, died in Seattle, Wa., Aug. 21, 1980. He was 85.

He started in the lumber industry in l9l3 at the Vance Lumber Co., Malone, Wa., and became a PLIB inspector in 1917.

MORRIS B. CARTER

MorrisB. Carter, president o[ Carter Mill and Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Ca., died of a heart attack on Sept. 5, 1980. He was 77.

Active in the lumber business for 60 years, he was born in Emporia, Ks. Mr. Carter was a member of the Lumber Association of Southern California and the Marina City Club.

He is survived by his widow, Lily, three daughters, 11 grandchildren, a sister and a brother.

RODNEY B. BRANSON

Rodney B. Branson, president and general manager of the Melrose Lumber Co.. Oakland, Ca., died Sept. I, 1980, at the age of 58.

A native of Oakland, he was a member of the University of Pacific Alumni Association and Tiger Club as well as numerous other organizations including the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California.

He is survived by his widow, Margaret, two sons, his mother, an aunt and uncle.