Guy Leach Marsters, Norwich, NY

Guy Leach Marsters

VP Norwich Pharmacal Company

Guy Leach Marsters

 1888 - 1955
 



During his long service with the Norwich Pharmacal Company, Guy Leach Marsters has risen from office boy to the position of vice-president of his company.  He is one of the business leaders of the community and has been active in its civic life.

 

Mr. Marsters was born in Sherburne, Chenango County, on March 10, 1888, son of Leon S. and Mabel P. (Leach) Marsters.  His father, who was also born in Sherburne and died in 1928, was a painter.  His mother was born in North Norwich and died in 1929.

 

Guy Leach Marsters was educated in the public schools of Norwich.  He entered the employ of the Norwich Pharmacal Company in 1904, as office boy.  Later he was transferred to the accounting department and still later was appointed purchasing agent, in which capacity he served for many years.  In 1916 he was elected a director of the company.  In 1934 he assumed his present office as vice-president and has since devoted himself to the executive duties of his position in connection with the management of the company.

 

Mr. Marsters is an active Republican and for twelve years was a member of the Norwich City Council, and president of that body for several years.  He is well known in other phases of the city's life and is a member of a number of local organizations, including the Norwich City Club, the Canasawacta Country Club; Norwich Lodge No. 1222, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Norwich lodge, No. 302, Free and Accepted Masons, and the various higher York Rite bodies of this order, including the Royal Arch Chapter, and the Knights Templar.  He is also affiliated with Kalurah temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the mystic Shrine in Binghamton.  An Episcopalian, Mr. Marsters serves as vestryman of Emmanuel Episcopal Church.  His hobbies are fishing and amateur photography.

 

On May 8, 1920, Guy Leach Marsters married Annabella Ovlier, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, daughter of James Oliver.  They are the parents of two children:  Guy Leach, Jr., born on March 20, 1921, a student at Harvard College and James C., born on April 7, 1924, now attending the Wright School in New York City.

 

Central New York, An Inland Empire, Vol IV (Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., New York) p309

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Obituary

Binghamton Press,  May 6, 1955

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Guy L. Marsters, 67, retired Norwich Pharmacal Co. vice-president, died yesterday at Pasadena, Cal., following a long illness.  Mr. Marsters, who resided at 133 North Broad Street, Norwich, and New York City, retired Dec. 31, 1948, after serving 44 years with the company, starting as office boy in 1904.  He was a native of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], and was educated in the Norwich schools.  Mr. Marsters served on the Norwich City Council for 12 years, for several years as council president.  He was a member of the Norwich Club, of the Norwich lodge 1222, BPOE; the Norwich lodge 302, F&AM, and of Kalurah Temple, Binghamton.  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Annabelle Oliver Marsters; two sons, Guy  L. Marsters, Jr., of Norwich and Dr. James C. Marsters of Pasadena; two brothers,  Fitch B. Marsters of Norwich, and Robert Marsters of Chicago; a sister, Mrs. Marcia Cope of Cleveland, Ohio, and several cousins.  Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the Emmanuel Episcopal Church here, the Rev. Lloyd S. Charters, rector, will officiate.  Burial will be in Mount hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY].l