Tulare County Biographies

EDWARD R. PUTZ, JR.

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        The subject of this sketch was born in the city of San Francisco, 
November 9, 1892. His father, Edward R. Putz, Sr., came there as a young man and 
about the same time, or perhaps a little later, a seventeen-year-old girl named 
Anna Trethar came to the city. She and Mr. Putz became. acquainted and were 
married. They continued to live in San Francisco until after the earthquake and 
fire of 1906, when they went to Hanford, a few miles west of Visalia on a branch 
of the Southern Pacific railroad, where Mr. Putz embarked in the business of 
fruit growing, in which he has since continued.
        Edward R. Putz, Jr., was educated in the public schools and in the 
business college at Hanford. Upon completing his course in the latter 
institution he entered the employ of the Kings County Packing Company at Hanford 
as a bookkeeper. His first business venture on his own responsibility was in the 
fuel business in Hanford. While thus engaged he saw an opportunity to establish 
himself in Visalia in the same line of business. Together with a partner he 
established the Visalia Fuel Company, but Mr. Putz soon bought his partner's 
interest and became the sole proprietor. Upon coming into full possession he set 
about enlarging the plant and improving the general conditions of the business, 
which now represents a considerable investment. He handles all kinds of fuel and 
probably has the largest exclusively fuel establishment in Tulare county. 
Several people are constantly employed in filling orders, delivering fuel to 
customers in various parts of Visalia and its immediate environs. His trade has 
been built up mainly through square dealing and by handling only the best 
qualities of fuel to be found on the market.
        Mr. Putz is a member of the Visalia Kiwanis Club and belongs to the 
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Politically he is a republican, and while 
he takes an interest in public affairs, he concentrates his energies upon his 
business. He married Miss Lilly Lofgren, a native of New York state, and they 
have one daughter named June.
 
Source:  History of Tulare County and Kings County, California � Kathleen 
Edwards Small & J. Larry Smith, Vol. II, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1926., p. 495