SALLES

Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 08:01:04 :

Independent Journal
Tuesday, December 28, 1971
Page 4

Sleepy Hollow Resident Robert Salles, 55, Does

Funeral for Robert Salles, a resident of Sleepy Hollow for 16 years, will be at 9 a.m. tomorrow at Chapel of the Hills in San Anselmo.

Salles was found in bed not breathing at 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Efforts to revive him by the San Anselmo Fire Department failed. He was pronounced dead at Marin General Hospital, apparently from natural causes, according to Deputy Coroner Bill J. Thomas.

Thomas said Salles had undergone heart surgery three months ago.

Salles, 55, had lived for 16 years at 60 Van Winkle Drive after moving from his home town, San Francisco.

He headed Robert Salles and Co. of San Francisco, a major wince brokerage firm.

During World War II, he administered a French hospital while an Army officer.

He was a member of the Wine Institute of California and the United Commercial Travelers, and was active in Marin Aid to Retarded Children.

Surviving are his wife, Clare; two daughters, Thale and Julie Salles, both of the family home; his mother, Evelyn Salles of San Francisco; and a brother, Warren Salles of San Francisco.

Private burial will follow the funeral.

The family asked that memorial contributions be made to the Marin County Heart Association or Marin Aid to Retarded Children.