Obituaries

O. H. Bcrr

O. H. Barr, president of the Barr Lumber Company, Santa Ana, Calif., passed away in a Pasadena sanitarium on September 16 following a long illness. He was 72 years of age.

Mr. Barr was born in West Virginia, and the family moved to Holyoke, Colo., r,vhen he was a youngster, and later to North Platte, Neb. He became affiliated with a large lurnber company in Denver in 1892, and was assigned to a branch yard in Hastings, Neb., remaining there until 1903 when he resigned as secretary to go into business for himself. He sold his Nebraska holdings in 1910, and moved to Whittier, Calif., where he purchased a lumber business which was established under his own name. In 1921, Mr. Barr acquired the holdings of the Griffith Lumber Company of Santa Ana and the family moved to that city. From time to time, other units have been added and at present the Barr Lumber Company operates eight yards in Southern California.

Always active in community affairs, Mr. Barr was past president of the Kiwanis Club, a director of the First National Bank, and a member of the advisory board of the YMCA. He belonged to the First Methodist Church and the Masonic Lodge.

Mr. Barr is survived by his widow, Lou D. Barr; a son, Wilbur Barr, executive vice president of the Barr Lumber Company; two daughters, Mrs. Frances Mickley of San Marino and Mrs. Katherine Atherton of Glendale; two brothers, C. C. Barr of Whittier and W. B. Barr of Denver, Colo., and a sister, Miss Mabel Barr of 'Whittier.

Frineral services were held in Santa Ana Wednesday afternoon, September 19, with Rev. John Ashley of the First Methodist Church officiating.

Fred Fischer

Fred Fischer, president and manager of the Fischer Lumber Co., Marcola, Ore., passed away suddenly in his mill office on August 31. He was 68 years of age.

Ife was born in Bayfield, Wisconsin, and came to Marcola in 1903 with his father, Fred, Sr., and three brothers, and they bought a small mill. His three brothers retired from the business, but he and his father stayed on and built a fine sawmill and logging railroad. Three times their rnill rvas destroyed by fire. He, and his son, Dale, built the present mill at Marcola which he was operating when he died. Dale Fischer has taken over the manag'ement of the plant.

Dr. Albert B. McKee

Dr. Albert B. McKee passed arvay at his home in Woodside, San Mateo County, California, on August 19 after a two months'illness. He was 82 years of age.

He was born in Stockton, Calif., the son of William F. and Mary S. McKee. He graduated from the College of the Pacific, then in Santa Clara County, in 1883, and received his MD degree from Cooper Medical College in 1886. He was at the Southern Pacific Hospital in Sacramento for a year, then practised medicine at Tuscarora, Nevada, until 1892, when he went to Europe for post-graduate work studying in Berlin, Heidelberg and London.

Returning to California, he be,came assistant professor in the eye, ear, nose and throat department at Cooper Medical College, and in l9O2 he was made head of the department. Iri 1909, he was made professor of Ophthalmology and retained this position until 1928. In the meantime, the institution became a part of Stanford University. Dr. McKee held the title of Professor Emeritus of Stanford University, and he also had an honorary degree of Master of Philosophy from the College of the Pacific, now located at Stockton. He was a member of the American and California Medical Associations, Sigma Nu Medical Fraternity, Phi Kappa Psi, and the University and Commonwealth Clubs of San Francisco. His home was in San Francisco for many years, after which he resided in Woodside for thirty-eight years.

Dr. McKee was married in 1898 to Alice Hooper, daughter of John A. Hooper, pioneer California lumberman. He is survived by his widow, and five sons, Albert B. McKee, Jr., general manager of the San Pedro Lumber Co. at Los Angeles, and John A., Norma4 C., Donald H. and Robert N. McKee.