William Marshall Storey II; Retired Safety Engineer

William Marshall Storey II, former safety engineer and fire captain at the Lockheed Corp. in Burbank, has died in the Sylmar house he built in 1951. He was 79.

He died Tuesday of cancer, said his wife, Inez Storey.

Born June 30, 1911, in Storm Lake, Iowa, he was raised in Wisconsin. In 1933, he moved to Santa Monica, where he raised English bulldogs and worked as a lifeguard. He was hired to work for the Lockheed Corp. fire department seven years later.

During World War II, Storey served in the U.S. Navy, teaching firefighting to military personnel in San Francisco and Norfolk, Va. After his discharge, he returned to Lockheed where he became captain of the company fire department and eventually a safety engineer. He retired in 1973.

Storey taught himself bricklaying and in 1951 built a two-bedroom house, including a family room and living room, out of cement blocks, where his family still lives.

He was a longtime member of the Masonic Blue Lodge No. 343 in San Fernando, the Pasadena Scottish Rite and the Stage Craft unit of the Al Malaikah Shrine Temple in Los Angeles. In 1985, he served as worthy patron of the Order of Eastern Star in San Fernando. In the mid-1980s, he joined the Elks Lodge No. 1539 in San Fernando.

He is survived by his wife of 48 years; daughters Mary Teresa Storey of Sylmar and Marcia Bishop of Palmdale; brothers James Storey of San Mateo, Calif., and Bob Storey of McLean, Va.; a grandson and a granddaughter.

A memorial service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at the San Fernando Masonic Temple, 1112 N. Maclay Ave. Arrangements are being handled by San Fernando Mortuary. Donations can be made in Storey’s name to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children in Los Angeles.