OBITUARIES

LUCIEN A. GANAHL

Lucien A. Ganahl, president and general manager of the Ganahl Lumber Co., Santa Barbara, passed away at the St. Francis hospital on January 20, following an operation the Saturday before.

F{e was born in St. Louis in 1879, coming to Los Angeles with his parents in 1888, and after finishing school became associated with his father, the late F. J. Ganahl, who operated the F. J. Ganahl Lumber Co. Later he entered the wholesale business for himself in San Francisco. then for a time was connected with the lumber business in Vancouver, B. C. He returned to San Francisco to go with the Chas. Nelson Co. and they sent him to Los Angeles to manage the Consolidated Lumber Co. ln 1925 he started the Ganahl Lumber Co. at Santa Barbara.

Mr. Ganahl traveled extensively, and he and Mrs. Ganahl had recently returned from a tour of all the European countries. They had planned on leaving February 1 on a boat cruise through the Panama Canal and along the east and west coasts of South America.

He was a brother of Ernest Ganahl, who operates the Ernest Ganahl Lumber Co. at Anaheim, and G. A. Ganahl, manager of the lumber department for the Robert Dollar Co. at its Seattle office.

Ife is survived by his wife, Anna D. Ganahl; two daughters, Mrs. R. A. Killalee and Mrs. George Makin, Jr.; five sisters, Mrs. J. G. Donavan, Mrs. C. U. Mandis, Mrs. Florence Sharp, Mrs. J. R. Hoover, and Miss Louise Ganahl; and three brothers, Gaston A., Ernest F., and Vincent P. Ganahl.

Funeral services were conducted at Los Angeles, Saturday morning, January 22.

CHARLES G. HOLDRIDGE

Charles G. Holdridge, retired, passed away at his home in Rosemead on January 17. I{e was 74 years of age.

Mr. Holdridge was a native of fllinois, coming to California when he was a young man. He was connected with the retail lumber business in Los Angeles for many years, and for several years operated his own concern, the Holdridge Lumber Co. About five years ago he retired from business.

He is survived by his wife and a daughter. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon, January 22.

GUSTAV M. GREGERSEN

Gustav M. Gregersen, veteran yard superintendent of the lfammond Redwood Company, Samoa, Calif., died January N following a lengthy illness.

A native of Dramen, Norway, Gregersen came to Humboldt Bay in lX)Z, and remained in the Hammond employ until his death. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alma Gregersen; two'sons, George N. of Samoa and Howard M. of Eureka; three daughters, Mrs. Anne Myer of Eureka ; Mrs. Ruth Fleishman of Portland and Miss Helen Gregersen of Samoa.

Fraternally, the deceased was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Humboldt Lodge No. 79, F. & A. M' Nor- manna Literary Society and the Humboldt Club of Eureka. Funeral services were conducted in Eureka, January 25, with interment in the same city.

ROBERT E. BOYD

Robert E. Boyd, proprietor of the Glendale Lumber Co., passed away at his home in Glendale on January 17, after an illness of four months. He was 67 years of age.

He was born in South Bend, Indiana. He started the Glendale Lumber Co. in 1921, coming to Southern California from Ogden, IJtah, where he operated a retail lumber yard.

He is survived by his widow; a son, Robert E. Boyd, Jr., owner of the Boyd Lumber Co., Alhambra; and two daughters, Mrs. Charles B. Walker and Mrs. J. S. Jennings.

Funeral services were held at Glendale, Wednesday afternoon, January 79.

F. S. BUCKLEY

Fred Samuel Buckley, of the Buckley Door Company, San Francisco, passed away in San Francisco on January 8.

Mr. Buckley was born in Texas 55 years ago. He was connected with the sash and door business for more than 3O years, having started selling sash, doors and millwork in Texas for John A. Gauger & Company, Chicago, in 1906. Later in the same territory he sold for another millwork concern, Foster-Munger Company, Chicago.

He then pioneered the sale of fir doors in all the Southern states from Texas to Florida for the Pacific Mutual Door Company, of Tacoma. Following that he came to the Pacific Coast to become sales manager for the Nicolai Door Manufacturing Company of Portland.

He came to Californiain l92l to organize and manage the Nicolai Door Company of California, and in 1924 established his own business in San Francisco.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Frances Buckley, a daughter, Cynthia and a son, Frederic.

R. O. DEACON

R. O. Deacon, of the R. O. Deacon Lumber Company, with yards at Lemoore and Riverdale, passed away in Fresno on January 1, after a long illness.

W. A. MADDERN

William Albert Maddern, 73, died in a hospital at Bakersfield, January 22, lrom injuries received in an automobile accident, when the car in which he was riding was struck by another on January 20.

Mr. Maddern was an official of The Pacific Lumber Company in San Francisco for many years. He went to Chicago in 1915 when the Pacific Lumber Company of Illinois was organized, and was treasurer of that concern until 1935, when he retired. He was born in San Francisco.

He is survived by his daughter, Miss Merle Maddern, New York; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth M. London and Mrs. Florrie E. Matthews, and two brothers, Henry T. and Robert E. Maddern, all of Oakland.

His daughter, Merle, was a well known actress. She was trained for the stage by Minnie Maddern Fiske, who was Mr. Maddern's cousin.

Funeral services were held in Oakland on Wednesday, lanaary 26.