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Independent Journal
Wednesday, Dec. 11, 1991
Charles V. Derham
Mill Valley businessman
Charles V. Derham, a businessman and former member of the Mill Valley Planning Commission, died Sunday, Dec. 8, 1991, at his home after a long illness. He was 75.
A native of San Francisco, Mr. Derham was a resident of Mill Valley for 41 years.
Twenty years ago he opened Chader’s Print Co. on Miller Avenue in Mill Valley.
He graduated from St. James High School in San Francisco and attended San Francisco State College.
He served in the Army and was stationed in Italy during World War II.
For 16 years Mr. Derham worked as a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. He then worked 15 years as an advertising representative for Sunset Magazine in San Francisco.
From 1954 to 1958, Mr. Derham served on the Mill Valley Planning Comission.
In the late 1970s, he served as chairman of the Marin County Committee of the National Council on Alcoholism. He was also vice chairman of the Bay Area council board of trustees and was on the board of the Alcohol Counseling Center.
He was the founder of the Small Press Club in Marin County.
He is survived by his two sons, Richard Derham of Mill Valley and Vincent Derham of Corte Madera; two daughters, Charmaine Derham of San Anselmo and Mary Ann Warnecke of Mill Valley.
Memorial services are set for 7 p.m. Friday at the Miller Avenue Church, 285 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. Burial will be private at Fernwood Cemetery in Mill Valley.
Memorial gifts may be made to Hospice of Marin, 150 Nellen Dr., Corte Madera 94925 or to a favorite charity.
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A Death Notice in the Dec. 10 issue of the paper mentions that Russell and Gooch Funeral Chapel of Mill Valley handled arrangements.
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