Oscar "Bill" Guss, former Salt Lake City businessman, died January 23, 1995 in Honolulu, where he had resided and had conducted a temporary labor and financial services business for many years.
Mr. Guss was born in Salt Lake City December 17, 1921 to Joseph and Sophia Freedman Guss. He attended Salt Lake City public schools, was graduated from West High School. He joined the family-owned Block and Guss Meat Packing Co., at an early age. He served in World War II.Following the death of his father, he and his brothers, Abe and Paul, founded Granite Meat Packing Co., in 1945. In 1949, Oscar sold his interests to Abe and Paul and became a real estate developer in the New York area, a business he conducted until he moved to Hawaii in 1968.
Mr. Guss pioneered temporary labor services for industrial employers in Oahu and adjacent islands. The business was later expanded to include such support services as financing, factoring and human resources. The firm continues to operate under the name of Altres, Inc., and has offices in several western states and cities, including Salt Lake City. Mr. Guss also continued to be active in the real estate business in Salt Lake City.
Mr. Guss was married to Helen Greenwald, New York, in 1947. She died in 1979. He was a member of Temple Emanu-El, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Survivors include his widow, Doris, Honolulu, whom he married in 1985; and three sons and one daughter, by his first marriage, Jonathan, Salt Lake City; Jim, Park City; Barron, Honolulu; and Mrs. Robert (Pamela) Verrey, Honolulu; seven grandchildren. Other survivors include brother, Abe, Salt Lake City; sisters, Mrs. Ida Davidson, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Bertha Charish, Deerfield Beach, Fla.; Mrs. Martha Brody, Cranbury, N.J. He was preceded in death by brothers, Samuel Louis and Morris Paul Guss, Salt Lake City; and sister, Mrs. Rose Schatz, Denver, Colo.
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