Leroy (Roy) Martin EIDAL

1905 - 1974  (68 years)

• Name	Leroy (Roy) Martin EIDAL
  Birth	16 Oct 1905	Washington
  Gender	Male
  Social Security Number	537-10-4272 Issued In Washington Before 1951
  Death	8 Feb 1974	Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
  Notes	The Seattle Passenger and Crew Lists show a Roy M Eidal, age 27, arriving in Seattle on November 11, 1932, on the ship Aleutian Native. The port of departure had been Vancouver, B.C. George B Gronvold was one of the witnesses to Roy’s wedding to Doris. In the 1935 Seattle city directory, he and Doris lived at 6401 12th Avenue NE. He was a salesman for HW. In the 1940 census, he was divorced and living as a single man in what appears to be an apartment building on Spring Street in Seattle. He was a sales manager for truck equipment company. He made $4000 in 1939. He had had one year of college. In the 1955 and 1960 city directories for Albuquerque, he was married to Jacqueline and they lived at the Hilton Hotel. He was president of Eidal Manufacturing Co. His obit in the February 12, 1974, edition of the Ellensburg Daily Record: Roy Martin Eidal, former Ellensburg resident, died February 8th in Alburquerque. He was born in Ellensburg October 16, 1905, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Eidal, prominent valley pioneers. Funeral will be conducted at Strong-Thorne Mortuary in Albuquerque Tuesday at 2 p.m. Burial will be at Greenwood Park in Phoenix. He was chairman of the board of Eidal International and a member of the Queen Anne Lodge 242 F&AM, Seattle, the Elks Lodge, Albuquerque Country Club, Four Hills Country Club, and the Petroleum Club. He is survived by two sisters: Mrs. Marie Maxson, Seattle, and Mrs. Haskell Carter, Portland; and a daughter, Sue Eidal, of Seattle. Regarding Eidal International, from its website: Eidal International was formed by Roy M. Eidal in November 1943 as Eidal Manufacturing Company for the purpose of producing military trailers for the United States government. After World War II, the changeover from military to civilian trailers was rapidly made. By mid 1946 Eidal was producing off-highway trailers for the oil industry abroad. Eidal trailers hauled the pipe and other materials that built the Trans Arabian Pipeline across more than 1,000 miles of roadless desert in Saudi Arabia. Eidal hauled construction equipment and materials for Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO), and transported drilling rigs to isolated desert areas and serviced these rigs. Eidal transported fuel, food, water, cement, pipe, and housing that permitted oil field crews to live and work in a desolate area. By 1950, the company was producing fabricated steel for bridges and buildings as well as manufacturing trailers. As the trailer business increased, steel fabrication orders were sought less and less until this business was discontinued completely. For the next decade the company continued with the military trailers business, and to manufacture other military trailers and parts for such equipment. During the Korean conflict, Eidal’s production was directed toward filling U.S. military orders. As new areas of the world opened to oil exploration, Eidal solicited the business of drilling, exploring and field service firms, and successfully sandwiched military and civilian manufacturing. New areas opened to Eidal. Aside form the Middle East, trailers and components were exported to Australia, Asia, North Africa and South America. Today, Eidal International through the acquisition of existing companies and the expansion and development of its own product lines Eidal has diversified and expanded and now serves principal markets which include the mass transportation, defense and civilian transportation, oil and gas industries, and military aircraft ground support equipment. In 1991 Eidal produced fifty of its specialized 70-ton heavy-duty transporters for Saudi Arabian Armed Forces. Eidal major products are lowboy trailers for domestic and overseas customers; military trailers to transport tanks, water, fuel and general cargo; aircraft ground support equipment which include hydraulic test stands, carts, brake testers and retrofit kits for the U.S. Air Force, NATO, and other approved countries; fifth wheels for medium, heavy and severe loads both on-off highway. These vehicles are in service in over seven major cities and national parks in the United States, as well as Hong Kong and Taiwan. Eidal International continues to be a leader in the production of civilian and military trailers, fifth wheels, aircraft ground support equipment and alternative fuel mass transit vehicles.
  Person ID	I6967	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2015

  
  

  Father	Christen Olson EIDAL,   b. Abt 1864, Eidal, Buskerud, Norway d. 14 Apr 1949, Seattle, King County, Washington (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Sigrid M (Sadie) DIGENE,   b. 1 Jan 1874, Digene Gård, Hedalen Parish, Søndre Aurdal, Oppland, Norway d. 3 Jun 1938, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1893
  Family ID	F299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Doris Mildred CHURCHILL,   b. 14 Apr 1903   d. 15 Sep 1978, King County, Washington (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1927	Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Sue EIDAL,   b. 29 Jan 1931, Washington d. 29 Sep 2000, Seattle, King County, Washington (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F5335	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Jacqueline,   b. 29 Oct 1917   d. Nov 1991, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F14172	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart