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James Francis 66Jimtt Sullivan, Jr., 59, general manager of Alliance Carlson Construction Supplies, Phoenix, Az., died Dec. 9,1994.

Born in Danbury, Ct., he began his career in the early 1960s with United Materials Co. and later headed up credit at Valley Lumber Co. He stayed on when it was acquired by O'Malley Lumber Co., working his way up to general manager-retail division and moving to Alliance Carlson Construction Supplies when The O'Malley Companies went out of business four years ago.

He was past president of the National Association of Credit Managers and a driving force behind the Arizona Mechanic's Lien Law.

Harold Fuerst, 78, veteran lumberman, died of pneumonia after a series of strokes Dec. 6, 1994, in Carson City, Nv.

A native of Wisconsin, he worked for Georgia-Pacific, Fresno, Ca., and as branch manager at Bakersfield, Ca. When the location closed, he transferred to San Jose, Ca., retiring in 1974. After a stint with Redwood Empire, Cloverdale, Ca., he moved to Carson City, Nv., where he opened a sales office for DMK-Pacific Corp.

Norman O. Cruver, 98, Tacoma, Wa., plywood pioneer, died Oct. 28, 1994.

A native of Minnesota, he moved in 1909 to Tacoma, where he joined and eventually became president of Wheeler Osgood. He later started his own lumber brokerage firm, Cruver Sales. which he ran until 1982.

Mr. Cruver served APA predecessor Douglas Fir Plywood Association as president 1942-1944 and the Plywood Pioneers Association as president and for several years as membership committee chairman.

Ken Rainey, 57, general manager of Straight-Line, Inc., Sacramento, Ca., died of a heart attack Nov. 21, 1994. in Sacramento.

A native of Missouri, he worked for Masonite, Raleigh, N.C.; Colville

Indian Precision Pine Co., Omak, Wa.; International Paper; Setzer Forest Products, and DG Mouldings, Sacramento, before co-founding StraightLine with Joe Bambino in 1986.

Robert Stephen '6Bob" Reid, 64, died of congestive heart failure Nov. 25,1994, in Hayward, Ca.

His 40 years in the lumber business included 17 years with El Cerrito Mill & Lumber, El Cerrito, Ca., and three years at Hulbert Lumber Co., Newark, Ca., where he retired in 199t.