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- R.H. Culter dies at 56, rites today
The funeral will be held today from Richard H. Culter, 56, member of a prominent B.C. lumbering family.
He died Wednesday at the family home at 5781 Newton Wynd after a brief illness.
Mr. Culter was president of Pacific Coast Pipe co., formed three years ago from the amalgamation of Canadian Wood Pipes and tanks Ltd., which he bought in 1947, and Pacific Coast Woodpipes and Tanks Ltd.
He was born in Seattle and came to New Westminster when he was three.
He attended Lord Kelvin elementary school, Duke of Connaught high school and the University of Washington, where he received his business administration degree in 1933.
Mr. Culter was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, an honorary scholarship fraternity.
For a number of years he was in the sales field in the lumbering industry, then, in 1936, became mill manager for B.C. Forest Products in its Cowichan division.
The following year he bought the pioneer firm of Canadian Wood Pipe and tanks Ltd. in Vancouver and took up residence there.
He was a director of Vancouver Tug Boat and J. Fyfe Smith Co. He was a member of the Vancouver Club and Shaughnessy Golf Club.
His father, Carl J. Culter, was president of Hammond Cedar Co. and Industrial Timber Mills.
Family: Wife, Janis; two sons, John and Peter; daughter, nancy; a brother Lawrence, all of Vancouver.
Service: University Hill United Church at 3 p.m. today, Rev. Harold McKay officiating.
The Province, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Friday, 16 September 1966.
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