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MRS. ROBERT (OTSIE) TILY
Mrs.
Robert (Otsie) Tily, one of the most active women in civic affairs of the San
Gabriel Valley, has spent a great measure of her time, and given freely of her seemingly
unlimited energy to assist in youth work and to further worthwhile activities.
Mrs.
Tily has been an ardent supporter of Camp Fire Girls’ activities, and was the
Guardian of Wahanka Camp Fire Girls Group for one
year. She has taken a sincere interest
in the Boy Scout movement also. For two
years, in 1944 and 1945, she was president of Troop No. 2 of Boy Scout Mothers’
Auxiliary. During the same period she
held office in the Federation, as president of Federation of Mothers’
Auxiliaries, San Gabriel Valley Council, Boy Scouts of
America.
Mrs.
Otsie Tily belongs to the Monterey Park Women’s Club. She was the guiding spirit for their Drama
group for two years, and the helping hand for one year as Sunshine
Chairman. Being an enthusiastic gardener
herself, she was an industrious and capable Garden Chairman for one year. For three years, from 1960 to 1962, she has
held the office of Registrar of the San Gabriel Valley District, Federation of
Women’s Clubs. From 1957 to 1958 she was
president of the San Gabriel Valley IKEETAS, which is the Ladies Chapter of the
Izaak Walton League.
Elected president again in 1960 and 1961, she is currently treasurer of
the Monterey Park Unit of Pro-America.
Mrs.
Otsie Tily was born on July 18, 1899, in Sparta, Wisconsin. Her father, Lorenzo A. Tusler, a farmer, and
her mother, Ida J. (Peters) Tusler, were from Monroe
County, Wisconsin. Mrs. Tily received
her education in Cornell, Wisconsin, where she attended grade school and
graduated from high school.
She
came to California in 1918. For six
years she held a position at the Broadway Department Store in downtown Los
Angeles. She resigned when she married
Mr. Robert H. Tily. The wedding took
place on June 18, 1924, at the Belvedere Methodist Church in Los Angeles. Mr. Tily has worked with Crown Zellerbach
Paper Company in the Los Angeles area for the past 35 years. They have two children and three
grandchildren. Daughter Barbara Jeanne
(Mrs. George B.) Pardee and her husband live in San Gabriel with their three
children, Sandra K., 14 years old; Bruce A., 9 years old; and Holly L. Pardee,
5 years old. The son of Mrs. and Mrs.
Robert H. Tily is Robert H. Tily, Jr., of Buena Park, California. He has worked for ten years as cost
accountant for Beckman Instruments, Inc., in Fullerton, California.
Mrs.
Otsie Tily has a fine collection of miniatures, enjoys working in her garden,
and has an intense interest in youth work.
Mr. and Mrs. Tily reside at 109 East San Marino Avenue, in Alhambra.
Transcribed by
V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Historical Volume & Reference Works Including Alhambra, Monterey Park,
Rosemead, San Gabriel & Temple City, by Robert P. Studer,
Pages 711-712, Historical Publ., Los Angeles, California. 1962.
© 2013 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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