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J. J. KROUSER Civic leader.J. J. Krouser, Is Ex-Publisher, j Dies at 93eJames J. Krouser, owner oft the Oxnard Courier from 1913 to . 1940, died Sunday night at his z home after a lengthy illness. [ He was 93.cBesides a newspaper career spanning 49 years, Krouser had many other interests. While a F publisher in Oxnard, he also ‘ was active in farming, business r development, and real estate, c Instead of retiring after he f sold his paper in 1940, he con- s tinued these activities. In 1954, r at the age of 78, he helped establish the Oxnard franchise I of Guardian Savings and Loan, t and was still director at the i] time of his death. tCommunity activities in ? which Krouser participated at one time or another included f the Oxnard Elks Lodge, the Ma- * sonic Order, the Oxnard Hous- ~ ing Authority, the Oxnard Plan- ® ning Commission, and t h e “ Chamber of Commerce. He was also an honorary Rotarian and : served as a supporter of the J Oxnard Boys’ Club. He organ- ” ized and served as president of the Ventura County Publish- n ers Association from 1923 to jj 1927. Krouser lived at 939 Doug- b las Ave.vBorn April 4, 1876, in Inowra- g claw, Posen Province, Ger- y many, Krouser attended school in Germany for three years, p In 1885 at the age of “9 he “ came to the United States to join his father in Stambaugh, Mich., traveling alone almost all the way.He started his newspaper career in 1891, working as a printer’s devil for the Iron River-Stambaugh Reporter. By 1897 \ he had become that paper's 2 publisher.Three years later he resign- 1 ed to attend the University of J1 Michigan. His newspaper ex- J-perience enabled him to enroll 13 without a high school educa- 11 tion, and Stambaugh had no £ high school in any case.After graduating from t h e c University of Michigan in 1904, v he became co-publisher of the c Big Rapids Pioneer. In 1913 he e fulfilled a long-standing wish to lt;move to California by purchas- 3 ing the Oxnard Daily Courier, * which he published until 1940. ' In that year he sold the pa- 1 per to his competitor, the Ox- £ nard Press. rKrouser is survived by a son, c Caryl of Barstow, five grand- f children, and 13 great-grand- 1 children. Another won, Wenley, | died in Oxnard in 1965. Krous- i er’s wife, the former Lola Barrows, died in April of this t year. They were married in 1901 lt;at Big Rapids, Mich., while i Krouser was a sophomore at \ the University of Michigan, t and celebrated their 50th wed- t ding anniversary in 1951. They t met while she was a school 1 teacher in Stambough. e
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Oxnard Ventura County Ad Visor
Oxnard, California, US
Thu, Jul 17, 1969
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