HAROLD LIONEL PALMER

LIONEL PALMER Born on July 16, 1916, the youngest and only son of five children of Jacob and Bertha Palmer in Chicago, Illinoi s. The family moved to California when he was 8 years old. He graduated from Los Angeles Polytechnic High School in 1934. Tiger married his childhood sweetheart, Janet Macmillan, in 1938, and during the Great Depression he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, serving for two years in the Sequoia National Park fighting forest fires. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942. Graduating from Officer Candidate School, Tiger served in the Pacific Theater, with the first Amphibious Group on Guadalcan al earning the Bronze Star and the nickname "Tiger". "Tiger" Worked as a liaison officer with the United States Marine Corps, in Washington D.C. and later at the Marine Corps, Schools in Quantico, Virginia. Lt. Col. Palmer retired from the Marine Corps and founded Harold "Tiger" Palmer Realty in 1958. Tiger was elected Master of his Mount Olive Lodge 405 F. & A.M. in 1963, and vested with the Knight Commander Court of Honor of the Scottish Rite; a Shriner and benefactor to the children of the Shriner's Hospital. Tiger and his beautiful second wife, Helena Mendes, were married in September 24, 1996. Tiger was active in his real estate career until his passing on November 4, 2009.