Patriarch of Beard businessfamily dies N 1 BY J.N.SBRANTI : jnabrnnti@mpdb.00m -Robert B. "Bob" Beard of Modesto, former chairman of the Beard LandandInvestment Co: and'descendant'ofsStanis- latis County pioneers, tin'sdied. Mr.Beard waswithhis • Sun. whenhedieda~D~octors Robert Heard ,sâl „ pa n ',i - - - - - - - or 13 yea? Co., and sever- al property and invest- ment firms. "Bob .first started work for the,compa- y ,_ flies in about 1939 He was12 Med Cente~t,t3e 5hOi O i8ltbL&LI&U ,. on the ice docks in the days be- "He was a thoughtful ski - fore refrigerated boxcars," ac- tive and caring-ifldiVid1a1`Who cordingtoatributetohimprint- wasa very clear-thinker;''said or his retirement party in "daughter Cat4iq Peck ed f of Modesto. "He!11be re~e~nbered 1992. for being fair-minded and diplo- Mr Beard was elected.tgthe - matic." ,:, Beardcompany'sboard4fdirec= fie and other members of the tors in 1954, began working for Beard family have been Modes- the company full time in 1959 to business leaders fora centu- and became board-chairman in ry. The family cotitrols the 1980. During his career, he also 2,000-acre Beard Industrial;Dis- served as treasurer and vice Ct o u.& Bm. president. He remainG4 a board ' 1 tioiiC director untilseveral rearsago. p#re'Trac c : 5Ylort line`rail- road, Beard Land Improvement SEE PAGE B-2, BEARD s . v , OCR Text: Patriarch of Beard businessfamily dies N 1 BY J.N.SBRANTI : jnabrnnti@mpdb.00m -Robert B. "Bob" Beard of Modesto, former chairman of the Beard LandandInvestment Co: and'descendant'ofsStanis- latis County pioneers, tin'sdied. Mr.Beard waswithhis • Sun. whenhedieda~D~octors Robert Heard ,sâl „ pa n ',i - - - - - - - or 13 yea? Co., and sever- al property and invest- ment firms. "Bob .first started work for the,compa- y ,_ flies in about 1939 He was12 Med Cente~t,t3e 5hOi O i8ltbL&LI&U ,. on the ice docks in the days be- "He was a thoughtful ski - fore refrigerated boxcars," ac- tive and caring-ifldiVid1a1`Who cordingtoatributetohimprint- wasa very clear-thinker;''said or his retirement party in "daughter Cat4iq Peck ed f of Modesto. "He!11be re~e~nbered 1992. for being fair-minded and diplo- Mr Beard was elected.tgthe - matic." ,:, Beardcompany'sboard4fdirec= fie and other members of the tors in 1954, began working for Beard family have been Modes- the company full time in 1959 to business leaders fora centu- and became board-chairman in ry. The family cotitrols the 1980. During his career, he also 2,000-acre Beard Industrial;Dis- served as treasurer and vice Ct o u.& Bm. president. He remainG4 a board ' 1 tioiiC director untilseveral rearsago. p#re'Trac c : 5Ylort line`rail- road, Beard Land Improvement SEE PAGE B-2, BEARD s . v , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Names of People about town,A through B Name file,Beard,Beard,Beard History.pdf,Beard History.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: BEARD HISTORY.PDF, Beard History.pdf 1 Page 1