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About Katherine Ann Loker
From Find A Grave Memorial# 55130510
Katherine B. Loker, philanthropist to higher education, healthcare, science and the arts died on June 26. Katherine Bogdanovich Loker grew up in San Pedro, California, one of seven children of Antoinette and Martin J. Bogdanovich who had immigrated from Yugoslavia to the U.S. in 1908. Her father was the captain of his own fishing boat, and by 1917, he founded a cannery called the French Sardine Company. Over the years, it grew rapidly and in 1953 became StarKist Foods. Mrs. Loker attended the University of Southern California where she earned a degree in English. After graduating, she married Donald P. Loker, a successful stage and screen actor who eventually became vice president of StarKist Foods. In partnership with her late husband, Mrs. Loker became a prominent philanthropic supporter of higher education, medical care for the under-served, scientific research and the arts.
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Katherine Ann Loker's Timeline
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August 13, 1915
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| 2008 |
June 26, 2008
Age 92
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Green Hills Memorial Park (Plot: Cypress Mausoleum 57 C), Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California, United States
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