A. L. 3sGUSrr HOOVER CO.

George J. Osgood

George J. Osgood, 86, longtime lumberman and father of Robert S. Osgood, prominent Los Angeles wholesale lumberman, died July 4 in Tacoma, Washington. Mr. Osgood's contributions to the growth and development of the lumber, millwork and plywood industries were outstanding and his service was long and distinguished.

George Osgood was a true pioneer in the Pacific Northwest. He moved to Tacoma with his father, George R. Osgood, in the late 1880s and, t'ogether with W. C. Wheeler, they formed the Wheeler, Osgood Company in 1889, and he remained active in its management until 1908. In the early 1900s he broadened his lumber interests by forming a partnership with Henry McCleary in the McCleary Timber Company and, in 1908, they bought the Chehalis Fir Door Company, at which time Mr. Osgood left the Wheeler, Osgood Company to devote full effort to management of the fir door business, u'hile Henry McCleary directed their lumber operations.

George Osgood sold his interests in both these companies in 1915 and moved to California to retire. Ilowever, when the war came he was called to Washington, D,C., and donated his services to the government as secretary of the War Service committee of the millwork industry, directing the placement of all millwork contracts.

After the war, he returned to active management of the Wheeler, Osgood Company, which grew under his guidance to the largest manufacturer of doors in the world. He retired as president of the company in 1931 and soon returned to the ,Ilenry McCleary Timber Company. When that firm was sold to Simpson Logging Company, Mr. Osgood joined the Simpson organization and remained until his final retirement in 1951, completihg 62 years in the lumber business. He was also one of the founders and a director of General of America Insurance Co. in Seattle.

George J. Osgood was a generous, friendly, forceful and modest man of great character, who leaves a host of devoted friends throughout the country, especially among the many successful men who started their business careers under his patient guidance. He leaves his wife, Rosalie Sturgiss Osgood, of Tacoma and, in addition to his son Bob Osgood of Los

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