George Thomas Mack 
M, (February 1894 - 6 March 1982)
- Relationship
- 9th great-grandson of Herman Op Den Graeff
George Thomas Mack was born in February 1894 at California. He was the son of Thomas Alexis Mack and Anne Jeanette Yoakum. George Thomas Mack married Kathryn Lanett Holland circa 1917. George Thomas Mack died on 6 March 1982 at age 88 years and 1 month.
From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and Alma Stone, comp., 'Services Set Tuesday for George Mack,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 10 (August 2001), p. 19.
SERVICES SET TUESDAY FOR GEORGE MACK
George T. Mack, 87, president of Merced County Title Company and longtime chairman of the board of the Merced Irrigation District, died Saturday at a Merced hospital.
Services for Mack will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Mission Chapel of Ivers and Alcorn Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Hoffmeister, Merced Community Medical Center chaplain and Merced Elks Lodge 1240 in charge of the services. Burial will be private.
Mr. Mack, a native and lifetime resident of Merced, helped survey the Dry Creek Reservoir, later abandoned in favor of Exchequer for the Crocker-Huffman Land and Water Company. He worked on highway projects, as chief of party, between 1914 and 1924 from Shasta to Orange counties. After serving in the 18th Engineers in France for two years during World War I, he worked as a unit superintendent for the California Packing Corp., for 10 years. Then he went to work for the Simonsen Harrell Abstract Co., and with R.M. King, bought the abstract company. He reorganized it as the Merced County Title Company and served as the company's president for 47 years.
Serving six terms on the Merced Irrigation District Board of Directors, he was president of the MID when it was enlarged to accommodate the district's expanding needs.
Mack, founder-president of Merced College Foundation, organization and has a scholarship fund created in his name. He was active in Boy Scouts of America and has a Scout camping area named after him. Memberships include 44 years in the Merced Rotary Club, serving three terms on the board of directors, the Merced Elks Lodge 1240, the Merced Golf and Country Club and former member of the Common-wealth Club of San Francisco. He also was named a Paul Harris Fellow by the Merced Rotary Club.
He is survived by his wife, Kathryn Mack of Merced; a nephew and two nieces, all of Arizona.
Merced Sun Star, Merced, CA. March 29, 1982, page 13.
From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and Alma Stone, comp., 'Services Set Tuesday for George Mack,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 10 (August 2001), p. 19.
SERVICES SET TUESDAY FOR GEORGE MACK
George T. Mack, 87, president of Merced County Title Company and longtime chairman of the board of the Merced Irrigation District, died Saturday at a Merced hospital.
Services for Mack will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Mission Chapel of Ivers and Alcorn Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Hoffmeister, Merced Community Medical Center chaplain and Merced Elks Lodge 1240 in charge of the services. Burial will be private.
Mr. Mack, a native and lifetime resident of Merced, helped survey the Dry Creek Reservoir, later abandoned in favor of Exchequer for the Crocker-Huffman Land and Water Company. He worked on highway projects, as chief of party, between 1914 and 1924 from Shasta to Orange counties. After serving in the 18th Engineers in France for two years during World War I, he worked as a unit superintendent for the California Packing Corp., for 10 years. Then he went to work for the Simonsen Harrell Abstract Co., and with R.M. King, bought the abstract company. He reorganized it as the Merced County Title Company and served as the company's president for 47 years.
Serving six terms on the Merced Irrigation District Board of Directors, he was president of the MID when it was enlarged to accommodate the district's expanding needs.
Mack, founder-president of Merced College Foundation, organization and has a scholarship fund created in his name. He was active in Boy Scouts of America and has a Scout camping area named after him. Memberships include 44 years in the Merced Rotary Club, serving three terms on the board of directors, the Merced Elks Lodge 1240, the Merced Golf and Country Club and former member of the Common-wealth Club of San Francisco. He also was named a Paul Harris Fellow by the Merced Rotary Club.
He is survived by his wife, Kathryn Mack of Merced; a nephew and two nieces, all of Arizona.
Merced Sun Star, Merced, CA. March 29, 1982, page 13.
Last Edited=11 Mar 2011