CHARLIE HASS, FUHS 1953

CHARLES PHILLIP HENRY HASS (1935 ­ 2016) 

Hass, Charles Phillip Henry Westlake Village, CA. (Fullerton High School­ 1953) 

Charles Hass, the last surviving child to Rudolf Hass, creator of the HASS AVOCADO, passed away peacefully on February 27, 2016. Charles was born to Rudolf and Elizabeth Hass in 1935. He married his high school sweetheart, Shirley Foster in 1953, shortly after graduation from Fullerton High School. Charles graduated from Loyola University and later obtained his CPA license.

They moved their family to Westlake Village in 1968 and lived there until 2012. Charles is survived by his sons, Jeff (Nancy) and Ed (Maryanne); daughters, Judy Dee and Mary (Gary) Goldstone; grandchildren, Scott (Jill) Hass, Megan (Mick) Harlan, TJ (Samantha) Dee, Tim (Caryn) Hass, Michael (Jaime) Hass, Cody (Kimmy) Dee, Ashley (Matthew) Thomason, Tammy Dee (soon betrothed to Steve Kreft), Garrett and Danielle Goldstone; and seven great grandchildren. Charles began his career at Ernst & Ernst, before moving onto Controller/CFO positions at Anthony Pools, Northrup, Vinnell and Xontech.

He was always proud of his family heritage and that his father, a postman by trade and farmer by hobby, grew and patented the rough, black­skinned avocado which now accounts for almost 90% of the world's avocados.

The family would especially like to give their blessing to the staff of Royal Gardens residential care facility in Camarillo. There is no way we can express our gratitude for their care and companionship to our father and our family. 

The family would appreciate that in lieu of flowers, a donation be made in Charles and Shirley Hass's honor to the Alzheimer’s Association, 1528 Chapala, Suite 204, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

 Published in Orange County Register on Mar. 6, 2016

http://obits.ocregister.com/obituaries/orangecounty/obituary.aspx?n=charles-phillip-henry-hass&pid=177960189

Comment from Connie Stafford Van Horn, class of '53:

(At a 1953 class reunion meeting one year, Charlie told us that it was the kids in the family that stopped their father from destroying the avocado tree that his father thought was too ugly to keep and continue to develop - the kids convinced him to keep it because the avocados were delicious even though  they were not pretty. The patent ran out before the family received much money from it. When Charlie would go to owners meetings in later years, people would shake his hand and thank him for making them millionaires.)

Posted on Sharon Smith Gibson's FUHS website too: 
Dear FUHS Class of 1953,

Earl Gibson sent this obituary notice for one of your classmates who recently passed away. Please see the IN MEMORY page for Charles Hass at the following link:
http://www.fuhsconnect.com/class_profile.cfm?member_id=7424960

Sharon (Smith) Gibson, website administrator
www.FUHSconnect.com
fuhs1961@gmail.com
808-742-2512 (HST)

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