Carl W. Bahr was vice president in charge of sales in the San Francisco office of The Pacific Lumber Company. Tragically, he died as the result of a fall from a 70-foot cliff during an annual hunting trip at the company’s Rainbow Ridge hunting lodge 15 miles west of Bull Creek in southern Humboldt County, CA.
Mr. Bahr, nationally-known lumber industry official and former president of the California Redwood Association, had also been a staff member of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. He was the principal figure in setting up the National Recovery Administration (NRA) code for the entire lumbering industry in the United States in the mid-1930s.
A veteran of both World War I and the Mexican War, he was awarded the Silver Star Medal for gallantry under fire as well as two Purple Heart Medals before he was 18 years old.
Following his release from the armed service, he entered Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and graduated with high honors. He then joined the staff of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.
In addition to his lumbering activities, Bahr also served on the California Golden Gate Exposition (World’s Fair) Commission and the Golden Gate Bridge Dedication Commission.
A widower, he was survived by a son, Carl W. Bahr, Jr., of Salt Lake City, a daughter, Mrs. Grace Forseth of New Orleans, and brothers Henry and Clarence Bahr of Washington, D.C. He was preceded in the death by his wife, Grace Ann (Dunn) Bahr, in 1956. He was the son of the late Anna M. (Creese) and Charles A. Bahr.
Funeral services were held at Halstead’s Mortuary in San Francisco with local arrangements provided by Goble’s Fortuna Mortuary.
Information courtesy of Find A Grave contributor, Dee Green
Mr. Bahr, nationally-known lumber industry official and former president of the California Redwood Association, had also been a staff member of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. He was the principal figure in setting up the National Recovery Administration (NRA) code for the entire lumbering industry in the United States in the mid-1930s.
A veteran of both World War I and the Mexican War, he was awarded the Silver Star Medal for gallantry under fire as well as two Purple Heart Medals before he was 18 years old.
Following his release from the armed service, he entered Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and graduated with high honors. He then joined the staff of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.
In addition to his lumbering activities, Bahr also served on the California Golden Gate Exposition (World’s Fair) Commission and the Golden Gate Bridge Dedication Commission.
A widower, he was survived by a son, Carl W. Bahr, Jr., of Salt Lake City, a daughter, Mrs. Grace Forseth of New Orleans, and brothers Henry and Clarence Bahr of Washington, D.C. He was preceded in the death by his wife, Grace Ann (Dunn) Bahr, in 1956. He was the son of the late Anna M. (Creese) and Charles A. Bahr.
Funeral services were held at Halstead’s Mortuary in San Francisco with local arrangements provided by Goble’s Fortuna Mortuary.
Information courtesy of Find A Grave contributor, Dee Green
Carl W. Bahr was vice president in charge of sales in the San Francisco office of The Pacific Lumber Company. Tragically, he died as the result of a fall from a 70-foot cliff during an annual hunting trip at the company’s Rainbow Ridge hunting lodge 15 miles west of Bull Creek in southern Humboldt County, CA.
Mr. Bahr, nationally-known lumber industry official and former president of the California Redwood Association, had also been a staff member of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. He was the principal figure in setting up the National Recovery Administration (NRA) code for the entire lumbering industry in the United States in the mid-1930s.
A veteran of both World War I and the Mexican War, he was awarded the Silver Star Medal for gallantry under fire as well as two Purple Heart Medals before he was 18 years old.
Following his release from the armed service, he entered Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and graduated with high honors. He then joined the staff of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.
In addition to his lumbering activities, Bahr also served on the California Golden Gate Exposition (World’s Fair) Commission and the Golden Gate Bridge Dedication Commission.
A widower, he was survived by a son, Carl W. Bahr, Jr., of Salt Lake City, a daughter, Mrs. Grace Forseth of New Orleans, and brothers Henry and Clarence Bahr of Washington, D.C. He was preceded in the death by his wife, Grace Ann (Dunn) Bahr, in 1956. He was the son of the late Anna M. (Creese) and Charles A. Bahr.
Funeral services were held at Halstead’s Mortuary in San Francisco with local arrangements provided by Goble’s Fortuna Mortuary.
Information courtesy of Find A Grave contributor, Dee Green
Mr. Bahr, nationally-known lumber industry official and former president of the California Redwood Association, had also been a staff member of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. He was the principal figure in setting up the National Recovery Administration (NRA) code for the entire lumbering industry in the United States in the mid-1930s.
A veteran of both World War I and the Mexican War, he was awarded the Silver Star Medal for gallantry under fire as well as two Purple Heart Medals before he was 18 years old.
Following his release from the armed service, he entered Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and graduated with high honors. He then joined the staff of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.
In addition to his lumbering activities, Bahr also served on the California Golden Gate Exposition (World’s Fair) Commission and the Golden Gate Bridge Dedication Commission.
A widower, he was survived by a son, Carl W. Bahr, Jr., of Salt Lake City, a daughter, Mrs. Grace Forseth of New Orleans, and brothers Henry and Clarence Bahr of Washington, D.C. He was preceded in the death by his wife, Grace Ann (Dunn) Bahr, in 1956. He was the son of the late Anna M. (Creese) and Charles A. Bahr.
Funeral services were held at Halstead’s Mortuary in San Francisco with local arrangements provided by Goble’s Fortuna Mortuary.
Information courtesy of Find A Grave contributor, Dee Green
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