To be continued.
Fraternally, Bill
Paul William Adler was born in Zion, Illinois on July 21, 1909.
His family moved to Burbank, California in 1918. In 1927, he went to work directly
after graduating from Burbank High School at Lockheed Aircraft as a machinist. He later
worked for Mitchell Camera and Technicolor in Hollywood, California. In 1937, he co-
founded Adel Precision Products Corp., subcontracting for the aircraft industry.
He founded several other small companies and remained self-employed throughout
his professional career as a machinist.
He was married to Theodora (Teddy) Buckles (1929) until her death in 1991. They
had three children: Loretta, Valerie and Jerry. Teddy was a member of the Eastern Star.
Loretta was a member of Jobs' Daughters and presently resides in Pollack Pines,
California. Valerie became a teacher and presently resides in Torrance, California.
Jerry passed away in 1958. At his death in Torrance, California, Brother Adler was 91
years old and leaves his two daughters, seven grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren
and two great, great grandchildren.
He was Initiated an Entered Apprentice Mason in Burbank Lodge on September 14,
1939, Passed to the Degree of Fellocraft on October 19 1939 and Raised to the Sublime
Degree of Master Mason on November 30, 1939.
He served Burbank Lodge as Master in 1946.
He became a Master of the Royal Secret of the 32º of the Scottish Rite and a Nobel
of Al Malaikah Shrine in 1943. He was president of the Burbank Shrine Club in 1947.
He was a life-long devoted and active member of Burbank Lodge until recent years
when his health failed. It was his extreme pleasure to attend, in 1999, the 90th anniversary
celebration of the founding of Burbank Lodge No. 406.
Brother Adler passed to the Celestial Lodge on Easter Sunday, April 15, 2001.
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