Children
Elizabeth G. Garis
Margaret G. Garis
Sibling(s):
Frances
Buth Garis
Charles F
Garis
Samuel D Garis
Herbert Hecht
Garis
Harry W Garis
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Notes:
The Express, Monday, June 27, 1977, Page 6
Herbert H. Garis, Former President of J. T. Baker
Herbert H. Garis, 90 of 101 W. Lafayette St., Easton, died
yesterday in Easton Hospital.
He was president of J.T. Baker Chemical Co., Phillipsburg,
form 1926 to 1949. He began working for the company in 1905
soon after its founding. He was the a general assistant to
Mr. Baker, in charge of sales and financial matters. During
the period he had been with the company, it gained an important
place in the chemical industry and branched out into medical
chemistry with branches in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and
Chicago. He continued on, upon retirement, as a director and
consultant for company affairs.
Born in Easton, on August 23, 1886, he was a son of the late
Cornelius and Minnie Flemming Garis.
He was a member of the College Hill Presbyterian Church; past
director of the Easton National Bank and trust Co. and served
the board of Governors of Northampton County Country Club and
the board of Easton Hospital. He was a member of the Pomfret
Club.
His wife the former Emma Kleinhans, died in May 1967.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. James Zeller Jr., and Mrs.
John S. McAbee, borth of Easton; four grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the College
Hill Presbyterian Church Chapel. Interment will be in Easton
Cemetery. Arrangements are in the charge of the Shillinger
Funeral Home, Easton
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