Marvin K. Louie; El Monte Finance Director

Marvin K. Louie, 54, finance director of El Monte for 24 years. The city’s flags were flown at half staff in observance of his death. A former owner of a restaurant and a tax service, Louie was known as a talented administrator and advocate of fair pay for his employees. During his long tenure, Louie steered El Monte through difficult years when federal and state funding were cut from the city budget. Before he took the job in El Monte in 1973, Louie was in the finance departments of the city of Monterey Park, Orange County and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. On Sunday in Whittier of cancer.