Oftilucrry

yard until his death last month. Mr. Holt was born in Wartrace, Tennessee, and came to California with his parents in 1900 as one of the first families to settle in Hanford. IIe was a World War f veteran, member of the Masonic Lodge, the First Presbyterian church, the American Legion and a past commander of its Lemoore, Kings county, Post.

Mr. Holt leaves his wife Mary of the home at 3960 Kerckhoff Ave., Fresno; two sons, Richard H. and John W., who were engaged in the lumberyard with their father and presumably will be carrying on the business; four brothers, Ed of Alhambra, George and Sam of Hanford, and William of Cayucos, and two grandchildren.

Horry E. ,YIARSH

ffariy e. Marsh, 66, one of the most widely known lumbermen and civic leaders of Humboldt county, died October 19 in Redwood Memorial hospital. He had retired from The Paciflc Lumber Company in 1958 and been in ill health most of the time since then. Since moving to Fortuna 10 years ago he had been active in local afrairs, serving as secretary and chairman of the City Planning Commission. He organized the Southern Humboldt Campfire Girls Council and held its highest Luther Gulick award. Mr. Marsh, a native Humboldter, was borrr at Maple Creek near Korbel in 1894. After a brief period as general store clerk, bank clerk and grocer following his WWI service, he joined Northern Redwood at Korbel and then TPL in 1921. He progressed through various promotions in the shipping department to charge of the Bungalow Office in 1934 and remained until his retirement. IIe was active in Masonry, the Oakland Consistory, and Scottish Rite; a member of the American Legion and the Kiwanis CIub in Scotia, of which he was a charter member.

Mr. Marsh leaves his wife Gladys of l'ortuna, a daughter in Seattle, two sisters and a brother. Active pallbearers at the funeral were H. F. Baldwin, Charles Jaehnig, Emmett MacMillan, J. Milton Mclntire, Otto Springborg and Dawson Sweeney. The honorary pallbearers included Stanwood A. Murphy, J' M. McCall, Derby Bendorf, L. L. Bryan, Don McGovern and Henry Lindblom.

Alberr J. HIHN

Albert J. Hihn, 92, died November 4 in a hospital in Los Angeles, where he had been a resident 3? years. Before his retirement 30 years ago he was manrager of the Hihn-Hammond Lumber Co. in Santa Cruz, where graveside services were conducted November I in Odd tr'ellows cemetery. Mr. Hihn was a past president of the Native Sons of the Golden West. He leaves a son, Lewis Hines, of the family home at 2038 Morgan HiIl Drive, Los Angeles' and a daughter, Madeline Wormer, of Burbank.

ln Memoriom

Robert E. Bundy, 55, president and general manager of one of Idaho's and the nation's largest lumbering firms, Potlatch Forests, Inc., died suddenly November 26, according to preliminary AP wire dispatches Sewell L. Avery, 86, former president and board chairman of U.S. Gypsum Co., died in his Chicago home, October 31. He was active in the management of the company from the time it was organized in 1902 until he retired in 1951 as chairman, having started with the Alabaster (Michigan) Company, one of 31 firms merged in 1902 into USG, when Avery became eastern saelsmanager arrd a director. He served as president from 1905-36. His guidance is credited with leading USG to its present position in the industry . . . Lee T. Mullen, 77, Los Angeles attorney' died October 15 at his home after a long illness. l'rom 1922-28 he was executive secretary and chief counsel of the Building Material Dealers Assn. iloseph R. Rhodes, 58, vice-president of Gladding McBean Corp., died November 4 in Palo Alto' He was born in Dallas but lived in Los Angeles 41 years . . Mrs. Shlrley Banchard, 52, wife of Roscoe W. Blanchard, Jr., executive of the Blanchard Lumber Co., North Hollywood, died November 15 at her home at