Rites Today for Frank C. Harrington, Lumberman, Developer and Retailer
Services for Orange County businessman Frank C. Harrington will be held today at the Waverly Chapel in Santa Ana.
The 92-year-old Leisure World resident, whose 50-year career included stints as lumberman, developer and retailer, died Thursday of complications from a stroke he suffered a month ago.
Harrington and his late partner, Gil Ward, founded a lumber company in 1944 and went on to establish six more lumberyards and a chain of home improvement centers in Orange County.
Harrington, who came to Southern California from Indiana in 1926, played a leading role in developing Cameo Shores in Newport Beach. He also co-owned the Emporium on Disneyland’s Main Street before eventually selling it back to Walt Disney.
Harrington is survived by three children, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. at the chapel, in Fairhaven Memorial Park, 1702 E. Fairhaven Drive.
The family has asked that memorial donations be made to Saddleback Memorial Medical Center Foundation in Laguna Hills.
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