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William Genitt Cooper, president of Cooper Lumber Co., Los Angeles" and one of the nation's leading power boat racers, died of cancer Dec. 4. He was 41.

The grandson of W. E. Cooper and the son of Charles M. Cooper, both of whom founded lumber firms bearing the family name, was a graduate of the University of Calif. at Santa Barbara.

A leader in retail lumber yard innovation, Cooper's \ilest Los Angeles store is widely considered one of the industry's finest. The flrm continues in business with the present management and stafr. The contractor trade division, which formerly represented the bulk of the business, was phased out several years ago.

He was a power boat racer for 22 years, taking part in virtually every important marathon and offshore race in the world. In 1968, he was named, champion of the Pacific Ocean Power Boat Racing Association. In 1967, he tied with two others as the winner of the Lake Havasu City Outboard World Championships. Last April he won the outboard division of the World Invitation Marathon in Long Beach, Calif.

Cooper was thrown from his boat during a lake race near Houston, Tex., in 1968. The

Werfarn Lumber ond Bullding Moteriols MEnCHANT boat landed on him, propeller turning, which inflicted massive injuries requiring more than 2,000 internal and external stitches. Six weeks later he was back racing.

He is survived by his former wife Glenn; five children, ranging in age from 6 to 16' Candy, Cameron, Kelley, Christin and Brant; and his brother, James.

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Vern Nyman, plywood industry pioneer in the Pacific Northwest, died in Aberdeen, Wash. He was 74.

Nyman, a native of John Day, Ore., entered the plywood business in 1921 when he joined the first worker-owned plywood plant, Olympia Veneer Co.

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