OBIlIUARIES

Herald R. Haynes, 71, former operations manager for Reliable Wholesale Lumber, Huntington Beach, Ca., died of cancer Dec. 11. 1991. in Huntington Beach.

A native of Arkansas, he was yard foreman for Cal West Lumber, Lakewood, Ca., before working at Reliable for 25 years. He retired in early 1991.

Roger K. Conradr T6, chief executive officer of W. J. Conrad Lumber Co. Inc. and Conrad Wood Preservine Co.,Inc., Coos Bay, Or., diedof cancei Dec.7,1991, in Coos Bay.

A native of Coos Bay, he joined the family lumber business in 1945 after serving in World War II. The wood preserving company was spun off from the lumber business 11 years ago.

Eldon sf itz" Fitzsimmons, 88, retired president and founder of White Pine Lumber Distributors, Fresno, Ca., died Dec. 14,199I, in Fresno.

Bom in Cadeton, Ne., he moved to Fresno in 1937 and worked for a local contractor before joining Matthews and DeHaven Lumber Co., Fresno, in the early 1940s. He started his own company in 1949, retiring in 1988.

Iva Elizabeth "Mick" Avery, 78, co-ownerand secretary of Mary's River Lumber Co., Corvallis, Or., died Nov. 27,1991, in Corvallis.

Bom in Hutchinson, Ks., she moved to Corvallis in 1939 and worked as an accountant in her home and helped with late husband Chesley J. Avery's contracting business. ln 1952 she joined Wren Planing Mill, which she left in 1956 and bought the mill in Chitwood in 1957, renaming it C&M Lumber. She and her husband boueht a number of other mills, including Mary's River.