OBITUARIES

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Donald Thomas Dayen, general manager of Sun Lumber's handling dock, berth 135,

Los Angeles Harbor, died July 4 in South Bay Hospital, Redondo Beach, a victim of cancer.

, , Born May 7, 1916, Mr. Dayen had lived in the South Bay area for 43 years. The

Pennsylvania-born lumberman was a veteran of World War II. He worked as a flight mechanic attached to the Air Transport

Command. He joined the Navy and upon discharge worked as an aircraft mechanic

Mr. Dayen, known to his many friends as

135 about 14 years ago.

He was a member of the First Orthodox ' Presbyterian Church of Manhattan Beach. He joined the church three months before his death.

Survivors include his wife, Josephine; sons, Robert 1!I. of EI Segundo and Timothy B. of Manhattan Beach; and parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Newton of Stony Rrook, New

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Andrew William Donovan. resident of Penryn, California, and a former Hollywood resident for more than 50 years, died recently in an Auburn hospital. Death was attributed to a heart attack.

Mr. Donovan, 79, was born in San Francisco in 1887 and was in that town during the destructive earthquake of 1906. Orphaned at an early age, he wor-ked his way into the lumber industry via Colorado College, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry in 1911. He was a campus member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.

Mr. Donovan also belonged to the Hollywood American Legion and served as a cap- tain in the United States Army during World War 1.

He was self-employed as a lumber broker and retired from active business life five years ago. In his younger days, Mr. Donovan attended Humboldt High school, San Francisco. His guardian was the late C, W. Hooper, early California lumberman. Mr.

Donovan's grammar school days were spent in a boarding school in Alta, Calif.

He is survived by his wife, Mae.

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Clarence Navarre Wolfe retired San Francisco merchant and founder of Wolfe Lumber and Hardware Company, San Francisco, died recently in a Millbrae rest home at the age of 93.

Mr. Wolfe, a pioneer in the California Iumber industry, founded Wolfe Lumber and Hardware in 1900. He operated the firm until his retirement'in 1960, when he was 87.

Born in 1873, Mr. .Wolfe was a life-long resident of San Francisco. At the time of his death his home was 151? Howard Avenue, Burlingame.

He was a member of Excelsior Lodge #166 F & A.M., California Bodies of the Scottish Rite and Islam Temple of the Shrine.

lVIr. Wolfe is survived by a son, Clarence N. Wolfe Jr., and two grandchildren, Pamela Claire and Cherie Anne Wolfe.

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Val Larsen, a native of llollywood, Calif. for more than 60 years, died recently in his Malibu home following a heart attack. He was 62, w. R. cun0

Mr. Larsen was last associated with Hedlund Lumber Sales, Los Angeles, and was that firm's general sales manager. He was with Burns Lumber Company for 17 years. He also was associated with Larsen Forest Products and McCormack Steamship Company.

A one-time student of diplomacy, Mr. Larsen attended Georgetown University for two years and the University of Southern California (USC) for two years. He was the recipient of a special award flom the War Shipping Administration during the Second World War.

He is survived by his widow, Virginia.

W. R. "Dick" Curd, general sales manager for the California lumber division of Kimberly-Clark Corporation died July 6 after suffering a heart attack at the San Francisco Airport.

The 54 year old lumber salesman began work for the Ralph L. Smith Lumber Company in 1955 and was named general sales manager in 1960. IIe continued as lumber

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sales manager for the northern California operations after Ralph L. Smith Lumber Co. was sold to Kimberly-Clark.

Ife worked for the Oregon Lumber Company in Baker, ,Oregon, from 1938 until World War II when he senred in the U. S. Navy. Ife also was employed by the Mt. Emily LumbenOompany in LaGrande, Ore.; Steel City Lumber Company in Birmingham, Ala.; and the Burdette Lumber Company in Meridian, Miss.

Mr, Curd was born in Highridge, Kentucky, January 2,1912. A resident of Redding, he was a member of the Redding Elks Lodg'e, the R,iverview Golf and Country Club and the Redding Chapter of the Hoo Hoo Club. Ife was also a director of the Ponderosa Pine Woodworking Association.

Ife is survived by his widow, Sally; sons, Richard and Michael; daughter, Vicki Lee; stepson, Chris Petersen; stepdaughters, Penny and Victoria Petersen; and sister, Martha Ann Bartlett of Portland, Oregon.

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Mrs. Helga Remak, well-known California lumber figure and the wife of Walter A. Remak of Weyerhaeuser Company, San Mateo, Calif., died recently in the Bay Area.

Mrs. Remak was 44 years of age.

She is survived by her husband, Walter; three children, Miriam Joy, Jan Howard and Benjamin Paul, Sunnyvale; her mother, Mrs. Elsie Oster of San Francisco; motherinJaw, Mrs. Margaret Remak of San Francisco, and a sister, Mrs. Werner Stern, of San Jose.

Mrs. Remak was bom in Wurzburg, Germany, and was a California resident for 27 years.

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John Raymond King, brother of "Larry" King of King-Marshall Lumber Co. and employee of Lane Lumber Company in Los Angeles, died recently. He was 61.

Mr. King was born in Glasco, Kansas, in 1905. He moved to Portland, Oregon, at an early age and moved to Los Angeles in 1923, where he was employed by Hammond Lumber Company. He was associated with hardwood selling and handling for the duration of his life.

Mr. King is survived by his widow, Laura, of 10031. Bryson Avenue, South Gate; and two sons, John Jr. and Raymond. Mr. King had four brothers and four sisters. six of whom are still living.