Albon Jacob Esterly; Retired Carpenter

Albon Jacob Esterly, a retired carpenter and longtime Glendale resident, has died in the home he built in the 1920s. He was 99.

Esterly died Sunday of heart failure, said his daughter Katharine Atkinson.

Born Feb. 7, 1891, in Johnstown, Pa., Esterly married Anna K. Nenstiel in 1913. They moved to Glendale in 1918 and he worked as a self-employed carpenter for 55 years, building homes in Glendale, La Crescenta and the San Gabriel Valley. In 1921, he finished building his own two-bedroom home in Glendale.

Esterly was a longtime member and officer of the Odd Fellows Lodge in Glendale and belonged to a Masonic lodge in Johnstown. He also served as business agent for a local carpenters union in Glendale during the late 1950s.

He is survived by his son, John Esterly of Show Low, Ariz.; daughters, Katharine Atkinson of La Crescenta, Anna Mae Davies of La Crescenta and Felice Longway of Grass Valley, Calif.; a sister, Helen Morgan of Glendale; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Visitation is planned Thursday from 5 to 9 p.m., at the Peace Chapel of Kiefer & Eyerick Mortuary, 314 E. Harvard St. in Glendale, which is handling the arrangements. A graveside service is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Friday at Valhalla Memorial Park, 10621 Victory Blvd. in North Hollywood. Donations can be made in Esterly’s name to the American Cancer Society.