CHARLES CAMERON WEST
VOLUME #51, PAGE #287, DOCUMENT #264
NAME: Charles Cameron West
COLOR: White
SEX: Male
OCCUPATION: President of Manitowoc Co. Inc.
AGE: 80 YRS
FATHER: John West
MOTHER: Anne Ladd
BIRTHPLACE OF DECEASED: Mendota, Illinois
BIRTHDATE: Sept. 22, 1877
CERTIFICATION: married
DEATH DATE: 3 Oct 1957 at 4 a.m.
CAUSE OF DEATH: Lung abscess, rt lower lobe
CONTRIBUTORY CAUSE: possible T.B.C. of encap empyema
OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS: Gen. arterioscleroisis
LENGTH OF CAUSE OF DEATH: 2 mo.
WAS IN SERVICE: no
NAME OF PHYSICIAN: Daniel M. Pick, M.D.
NAME OF INFORMANT: wife
PLACE OF BURIAL: Cremation at Ballhorn's in Sheboygan, WI
DATE OF BURIAL: 5 Oct 1957
DATE OF REGISTRATION: 4 Oct 1957
REGISTRAR: C.E. Wall, M.D.
OBITUARY
PAPER: Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, Oct 3, 1957
CHARLES WEST DEAD AT 80
Was Pioneer Shipbuilder
FOUNDED FIRM WITH TWO OTHERS
Manitowoc - A pioneer in the shipbuilding industry in Manitowoc, Charles
Cameron West, 80, died early Thursday at his home at 1404 Michigan Ave.
He was President of the Manitowoc Company Inc., the parent organization
for the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc., the Manitowoc Engineering Corp. and the
Manitowoc Equipment Works.
He founded the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. in 1902 with the late Elias
Gunnell and L.E. Geer after buying the old Burger shipyards where the famous
wooden Manitowoc clipper ships had been built since 1847.
The firm started building steel ships shortly after the trio took over
and began building passenger ships, fireboats and dredges.
During the World War I the Manitowoc firm built 35 oceangoing freighters
and when shipbuilding business dropped after the war the firm went over to
the construction of cranes, dredges, cement and paper mill machinery.
BUILT 28 SUBMARINES
In the summer of 1940 West was given a contract for 10 submarines for
$30 million and before the war ended the firm had produced 28 subs as well
as a fleet of invasion barges.
Employment at the shipbuilding firm ran from 100 in the first year to
more than 6,000 persons during World War II.
He received the certificate of merit the second highest award attainable
to a civilian in 1943 for his (?) work during the war.
He was named a director of the board of the Shipbuilders Council of
America in 1943 and a director with the National Builders Bank of America
in 1936. He was also selected as an industrial leader of the United States
in 1936 by the Institute for Research in Biography.
According to "Who's Who", West was also the director of several other
corporations and had been engaged in shipbuilding since 1900 when he
graduated from Cornell University with a mechanical engineering degree.
He was a member of the Board of Education for two three-year terms
betweeen 1925 and 1931. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America movement
in Manitowoc County and was honorary president of the local organization
since 1933. He had been a vice president prior to that time.
FUNERAL SATURDAY
The son of the late John and Annie Ladd West was born Sept. 22, 1877 at
Mendota, Ill. He married the former Julia Bernice Dunham June 10, 1905 at
Wayne, Ill.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Jens Funeral
Home in Manitowoc with the Rev. William Harvey officiating. Cremation will
follow.
Survivors include his wife, two sons, two daughters, and three grandchildren.
Two sisters and a brother preceded him in death.
He was a member of the American Society of Naval Architects and Marine
Engineers, Beta Theta Pi, and Manitowoc Lodge 65 of Free and Accepted
Masons.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Friday.
********
[d. 10-03-1957/bur. 06-16-1958/age 80 yrs./cremains]
VOLUME #51, PAGE #287, DOCUMENT #264
NAME: Charles Cameron West
COLOR: White
SEX: Male
OCCUPATION: President of Manitowoc Co. Inc.
AGE: 80 YRS
FATHER: John West
MOTHER: Anne Ladd
BIRTHPLACE OF DECEASED: Mendota, Illinois
BIRTHDATE: Sept. 22, 1877
CERTIFICATION: married
DEATH DATE: 3 Oct 1957 at 4 a.m.
CAUSE OF DEATH: Lung abscess, rt lower lobe
CONTRIBUTORY CAUSE: possible T.B.C. of encap empyema
OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS: Gen. arterioscleroisis
LENGTH OF CAUSE OF DEATH: 2 mo.
WAS IN SERVICE: no
NAME OF PHYSICIAN: Daniel M. Pick, M.D.
NAME OF INFORMANT: wife
PLACE OF BURIAL: Cremation at Ballhorn's in Sheboygan, WI
DATE OF BURIAL: 5 Oct 1957
DATE OF REGISTRATION: 4 Oct 1957
REGISTRAR: C.E. Wall, M.D.
OBITUARY
PAPER: Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, Oct 3, 1957
CHARLES WEST DEAD AT 80
Was Pioneer Shipbuilder
FOUNDED FIRM WITH TWO OTHERS
Manitowoc - A pioneer in the shipbuilding industry in Manitowoc, Charles
Cameron West, 80, died early Thursday at his home at 1404 Michigan Ave.
He was President of the Manitowoc Company Inc., the parent organization
for the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc., the Manitowoc Engineering Corp. and the
Manitowoc Equipment Works.
He founded the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. in 1902 with the late Elias
Gunnell and L.E. Geer after buying the old Burger shipyards where the famous
wooden Manitowoc clipper ships had been built since 1847.
The firm started building steel ships shortly after the trio took over
and began building passenger ships, fireboats and dredges.
During the World War I the Manitowoc firm built 35 oceangoing freighters
and when shipbuilding business dropped after the war the firm went over to
the construction of cranes, dredges, cement and paper mill machinery.
BUILT 28 SUBMARINES
In the summer of 1940 West was given a contract for 10 submarines for
$30 million and before the war ended the firm had produced 28 subs as well
as a fleet of invasion barges.
Employment at the shipbuilding firm ran from 100 in the first year to
more than 6,000 persons during World War II.
He received the certificate of merit the second highest award attainable
to a civilian in 1943 for his (?) work during the war.
He was named a director of the board of the Shipbuilders Council of
America in 1943 and a director with the National Builders Bank of America
in 1936. He was also selected as an industrial leader of the United States
in 1936 by the Institute for Research in Biography.
According to "Who's Who", West was also the director of several other
corporations and had been engaged in shipbuilding since 1900 when he
graduated from Cornell University with a mechanical engineering degree.
He was a member of the Board of Education for two three-year terms
betweeen 1925 and 1931. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America movement
in Manitowoc County and was honorary president of the local organization
since 1933. He had been a vice president prior to that time.
FUNERAL SATURDAY
The son of the late John and Annie Ladd West was born Sept. 22, 1877 at
Mendota, Ill. He married the former Julia Bernice Dunham June 10, 1905 at
Wayne, Ill.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Jens Funeral
Home in Manitowoc with the Rev. William Harvey officiating. Cremation will
follow.
Survivors include his wife, two sons, two daughters, and three grandchildren.
Two sisters and a brother preceded him in death.
He was a member of the American Society of Naval Architects and Marine
Engineers, Beta Theta Pi, and Manitowoc Lodge 65 of Free and Accepted
Masons.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Friday.
********
[d. 10-03-1957/bur. 06-16-1958/age 80 yrs./cremains]
CHARLES CAMERON WEST
VOLUME #51, PAGE #287, DOCUMENT #264
NAME: Charles Cameron West
COLOR: White
SEX: Male
OCCUPATION: President of Manitowoc Co. Inc.
AGE: 80 YRS
FATHER: John West
MOTHER: Anne Ladd
BIRTHPLACE OF DECEASED: Mendota, Illinois
BIRTHDATE: Sept. 22, 1877
CERTIFICATION: married
DEATH DATE: 3 Oct 1957 at 4 a.m.
CAUSE OF DEATH: Lung abscess, rt lower lobe
CONTRIBUTORY CAUSE: possible T.B.C. of encap empyema
OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS: Gen. arterioscleroisis
LENGTH OF CAUSE OF DEATH: 2 mo.
WAS IN SERVICE: no
NAME OF PHYSICIAN: Daniel M. Pick, M.D.
NAME OF INFORMANT: wife
PLACE OF BURIAL: Cremation at Ballhorn's in Sheboygan, WI
DATE OF BURIAL: 5 Oct 1957
DATE OF REGISTRATION: 4 Oct 1957
REGISTRAR: C.E. Wall, M.D.
OBITUARY
PAPER: Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, Oct 3, 1957
CHARLES WEST DEAD AT 80
Was Pioneer Shipbuilder
FOUNDED FIRM WITH TWO OTHERS
Manitowoc - A pioneer in the shipbuilding industry in Manitowoc, Charles
Cameron West, 80, died early Thursday at his home at 1404 Michigan Ave.
He was President of the Manitowoc Company Inc., the parent organization
for the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc., the Manitowoc Engineering Corp. and the
Manitowoc Equipment Works.
He founded the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. in 1902 with the late Elias
Gunnell and L.E. Geer after buying the old Burger shipyards where the famous
wooden Manitowoc clipper ships had been built since 1847.
The firm started building steel ships shortly after the trio took over
and began building passenger ships, fireboats and dredges.
During the World War I the Manitowoc firm built 35 oceangoing freighters
and when shipbuilding business dropped after the war the firm went over to
the construction of cranes, dredges, cement and paper mill machinery.
BUILT 28 SUBMARINES
In the summer of 1940 West was given a contract for 10 submarines for
$30 million and before the war ended the firm had produced 28 subs as well
as a fleet of invasion barges.
Employment at the shipbuilding firm ran from 100 in the first year to
more than 6,000 persons during World War II.
He received the certificate of merit the second highest award attainable
to a civilian in 1943 for his (?) work during the war.
He was named a director of the board of the Shipbuilders Council of
America in 1943 and a director with the National Builders Bank of America
in 1936. He was also selected as an industrial leader of the United States
in 1936 by the Institute for Research in Biography.
According to "Who's Who", West was also the director of several other
corporations and had been engaged in shipbuilding since 1900 when he
graduated from Cornell University with a mechanical engineering degree.
He was a member of the Board of Education for two three-year terms
betweeen 1925 and 1931. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America movement
in Manitowoc County and was honorary president of the local organization
since 1933. He had been a vice president prior to that time.
FUNERAL SATURDAY
The son of the late John and Annie Ladd West was born Sept. 22, 1877 at
Mendota, Ill. He married the former Julia Bernice Dunham June 10, 1905 at
Wayne, Ill.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Jens Funeral
Home in Manitowoc with the Rev. William Harvey officiating. Cremation will
follow.
Survivors include his wife, two sons, two daughters, and three grandchildren.
Two sisters and a brother preceded him in death.
He was a member of the American Society of Naval Architects and Marine
Engineers, Beta Theta Pi, and Manitowoc Lodge 65 of Free and Accepted
Masons.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Friday.
********
[d. 10-03-1957/bur. 06-16-1958/age 80 yrs./cremains]
VOLUME #51, PAGE #287, DOCUMENT #264
NAME: Charles Cameron West
COLOR: White
SEX: Male
OCCUPATION: President of Manitowoc Co. Inc.
AGE: 80 YRS
FATHER: John West
MOTHER: Anne Ladd
BIRTHPLACE OF DECEASED: Mendota, Illinois
BIRTHDATE: Sept. 22, 1877
CERTIFICATION: married
DEATH DATE: 3 Oct 1957 at 4 a.m.
CAUSE OF DEATH: Lung abscess, rt lower lobe
CONTRIBUTORY CAUSE: possible T.B.C. of encap empyema
OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS: Gen. arterioscleroisis
LENGTH OF CAUSE OF DEATH: 2 mo.
WAS IN SERVICE: no
NAME OF PHYSICIAN: Daniel M. Pick, M.D.
NAME OF INFORMANT: wife
PLACE OF BURIAL: Cremation at Ballhorn's in Sheboygan, WI
DATE OF BURIAL: 5 Oct 1957
DATE OF REGISTRATION: 4 Oct 1957
REGISTRAR: C.E. Wall, M.D.
OBITUARY
PAPER: Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, Oct 3, 1957
CHARLES WEST DEAD AT 80
Was Pioneer Shipbuilder
FOUNDED FIRM WITH TWO OTHERS
Manitowoc - A pioneer in the shipbuilding industry in Manitowoc, Charles
Cameron West, 80, died early Thursday at his home at 1404 Michigan Ave.
He was President of the Manitowoc Company Inc., the parent organization
for the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc., the Manitowoc Engineering Corp. and the
Manitowoc Equipment Works.
He founded the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. in 1902 with the late Elias
Gunnell and L.E. Geer after buying the old Burger shipyards where the famous
wooden Manitowoc clipper ships had been built since 1847.
The firm started building steel ships shortly after the trio took over
and began building passenger ships, fireboats and dredges.
During the World War I the Manitowoc firm built 35 oceangoing freighters
and when shipbuilding business dropped after the war the firm went over to
the construction of cranes, dredges, cement and paper mill machinery.
BUILT 28 SUBMARINES
In the summer of 1940 West was given a contract for 10 submarines for
$30 million and before the war ended the firm had produced 28 subs as well
as a fleet of invasion barges.
Employment at the shipbuilding firm ran from 100 in the first year to
more than 6,000 persons during World War II.
He received the certificate of merit the second highest award attainable
to a civilian in 1943 for his (?) work during the war.
He was named a director of the board of the Shipbuilders Council of
America in 1943 and a director with the National Builders Bank of America
in 1936. He was also selected as an industrial leader of the United States
in 1936 by the Institute for Research in Biography.
According to "Who's Who", West was also the director of several other
corporations and had been engaged in shipbuilding since 1900 when he
graduated from Cornell University with a mechanical engineering degree.
He was a member of the Board of Education for two three-year terms
betweeen 1925 and 1931. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America movement
in Manitowoc County and was honorary president of the local organization
since 1933. He had been a vice president prior to that time.
FUNERAL SATURDAY
The son of the late John and Annie Ladd West was born Sept. 22, 1877 at
Mendota, Ill. He married the former Julia Bernice Dunham June 10, 1905 at
Wayne, Ill.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Jens Funeral
Home in Manitowoc with the Rev. William Harvey officiating. Cremation will
follow.
Survivors include his wife, two sons, two daughters, and three grandchildren.
Two sisters and a brother preceded him in death.
He was a member of the American Society of Naval Architects and Marine
Engineers, Beta Theta Pi, and Manitowoc Lodge 65 of Free and Accepted
Masons.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Friday.
********
[d. 10-03-1957/bur. 06-16-1958/age 80 yrs./cremains]
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