Posted by Robert C. Kuhmann on Sunday, January 08, 2012 at 15:37:26 :
OBIT: RITES HELD FOR H. N. KUECHLER - Henry Norbury Kuechler, former executive of the Standard Oil Co. of California, was laid to rest in Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, on Monday, Jan. 7. He died at the age of 80 on Saturday, Jan. 5 in his home at 425 Haehl Street, Cloverdale. Private services were held for him in Cloverdale on Jan. 7. The family asked that n o flowers be sent. Contributions to the donor’s favorite charities were accepted instead. Fred Young & Co. Cloverdale, was in charge or arrangements. Mr. Kuechler was a native of Beardstown, Ill. He moved to California in 1899 and came to Cloverdale in 1949. He retired in 1942 from his duties with the oil company, where he was managers of the pipeline department. In 1901 Mr. Kuechler was graduated from the Stanford University School of Engineering. Throughout the remainder of his life he retained a keen interest in the activities of the university. For more than 50 years Mr. Kuechler was a member of the San Francisco Masonic Lodge. He was also a member of the Sierra Club and the Commonwealth Club of California. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Foster Kuechler, Cloverdale; two sons, Henry Norbury Kuechler, Jr., of Atherton, and Lawrence Foster Kuechler of Kentfield; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Kuechler Peters of Germany and Mrs. Martha Kuechler Byrne of Salt Lake City, Utah; a
sister, Miss Ione S. Kuechler of San Francisco and by seven grandchildren.
SOURCE: Cloverdale Reveille, Jan 10, 1957, page 2.
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He was born on 17 Apr 1876 in Beardstown, Cass, Illinois, USA. Education 1901 in Stanford University, Palo Alto, California (Bachelor of Arts). City Directory 1910 in City Directories for San Franscisco California (Kuechler, HenryN. civ engr Standard Oil Co r. San Rafael (p. 996)). Address Bet. 1911–1912 in 136 Forbes
Avenue / San Rafael, CA ( City Directory) [11]. Civic Bet. 1917–1957 in San Francisco (Member of the Masonic Lodge of San Francisco) [9]. Residence 1920 in San Rafael, Marin, California. Arrival on 24 Dec 1936 in New York, New York. Departure 1954 in Paris, France (Arrived 23 Jun 1954). Occupation 1957 in Executive Standard Oil Co.-retired (Per death certificate). Burial 1957, Cremated, in Foster Vault, Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, CA. He died on 05 Jan 1957 in Cloverdale, SONOMA CO, California. Cremation on 07 Jan 1957 in Chapel of the Chimes. Obituary on 10 Jan 1957 in Cloverdale Reveille; Page 2. Cause of Death was cardiac decompensation due to coronary insufficiency/arteriol. Religion was Presbyterian. Social: was San Francisco Blue Book 1924.
SOURCE: a grand-daughter.
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KUECHLER, Mr. & Mrs. Henry N. (Mary F. FOSTER), 310 Forbes Av., San Rafael, Cal.
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Kuechler, H. N., Jr., president. Knob Hill Mines, Inc., 206 Sansome St., S. F. 1934 - Source: "Commonwealth Club of California".
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Degree in Civil Engineering from Stanford University, 1899-1900. -- source: "9th Annual Register - 1899-1900 Stanford University - degrees conferred".
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Kuechler, Henry Norbury
BS Illinois College 1896
Catalogue of Students, Register by: Stanford University
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Name: Henry M Kuechler [sic] {N}
Birthplace: Illinois
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Residence: San Rafael, Marin, California
Marital Status: Married
Race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Family Number: 93
Page Number: 6
Household Gender Age
Henry M Kuechler M 34y
Spouse Mary F Kuechler F 30y
Leno Aono F 33y
SOURCE: US Federal Census 1910.
Source [link]: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MJMW-XZM/p_454765037
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