H. Floyd; Television Executive, Founder of Pasadena Art Show

Harry T. Floyd, retired NBC-TV advertising executive who founded the Pasadena Art Show at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church, has died at the age of 84.

He died Thursday of congestive heart disease at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, his granddaughter, Evangeline Fisher, said Saturday.

Born in Salina, Kan., Floyd began training for both his vocation and his avocation as a teen-ager working in his uncle’s clothing store, writing the shop’s advertisements for the local paper and decorating store windows. After studying business at Kansas State University, Floyd worked in a series of advertising positions in Texas and New York, becoming western television sales manager for NBC in 1957.

A hobbyist watercolor artist, Floyd organized the Pasadena Art Show in 1974 and devoted his retirement years to helping it grow. Today it is one of Southern California’s principal art shows with more than 400 exhibitors.

Floyd is survived by his wife of 63 years, the former Luella Lancaster of Flintridge; one daughter, Elaine Fisher of Claremont and one granddaughter.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday in the Pasadena Presbyterian Church.