Gus Haase Dies Following Heart Attack

Gus J. Haase, prominent Memphis realtor, died following a heart attack Sunday morning at this home, 300 Hawthorne.

Mr. Haase, a lifelong Memphian, was born in Memphis 56 years ago. He was the owner and founder of the realty company bearing his name, and was associated with Marx and Bensdorf Realtors several years prior to founding his company in 1943. He was a nephew of the late Charlie J. Haase, former president of Marx and Bensdorf.

Mr. Haase was a leader in many of the major real estate developments in Memphis, including the Crosstown development, the Colonial Shopping Center at White Station, and the Park-Plaza Shopping Center, now under construction. He was graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy at Exeter, N. H., and attended the Universities of Illinois and Texas.

He was a pilot in World War I and though too old to be taken in the armed services during World War II, he volunteered for the Merchant Marine and served on a number of dangerous missions. He was a member of the Variety Club.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Louise Jones Haase and a son, Charles J. Haase, a student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston.

Services were held Monday afternoon with interment in Temple Israel Cemetery.

Hebrew Watchman

March 3, 1955, page 10