Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 09:06:52 :
Independent Journal
Saturday, February 9, 1980
HENRY DuPERTUIS
The funeral for Henry DuPertuis, former longtime Marin resident, has been held in Merced, where he had lived for the past five years.
He was born in Ollon, Switzerland, and came to this country as a small child with his family in 1888. They first lived in Kansas and then homesteaded in Oklahoma and Washington.
DuPertuis attended the University of Puget Sound. After he married his wife, Verna, they lived in Wyoming, where he ranched.
During World War II, DuPertuis was a carpenter in Richland, Wash., on the atomic project, and then at the end of the war at Marinship in Sausalito. He and his wife first lived in Marin City, where he was the community’s first Boy Scout leader and his wife played the organ in the community church.
DuPertuis continued to work as a carpenter until he retired at the age of 74. The construction of the Emporium in Northgate was the last big job on which he worked.
He and his wife lived in San Geronimo for the last 20 years they were in Marin. He planted an elaborate garden featuring large marble columns that once stood at the Treasure Island World’s Fair.
He also enjoyed wood turning and rock cutting and polishing.
Before moving to Merced, DuPertuis each noon would ring the bell at the San Geronimo Presbyterian Church.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by seven sons, Laurence DuPertuis of Redwood City, Donald DuPertuis of Mill Valley, Harold DuPertuis of Sacramento, Henry DuPertuis Jr. of Merced, Gilbert DuPertuis of Edmond, Okla., Charles DuPertuis of Austin, Texas, and Dr. Frank DuPertuis of Merced; two daughters, Marjorie Hook of Ohio and Dorothy Bretz of Aurora, Colo.; and 28 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Burial was in Merced.
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