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As a boy growing up in Montrose, Co., he worked in his grandfather's lumber and hardware business, Montrose Lumber Co.

A graduate of Colorado College and Columbia University, he briefly worked for Independent Lumber Co., Grand Junction, Co., before becoming manager of his father's hardware store in Montrose. After serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII, he returned to the family business and continued as manager until the firm was sold in late 1949.

The following year, he and his father joined with W.C. Kurtz, Sr. and Clyde Biggs to purchase Crissey Fowler Lumber Co., where he served as manager, eventually becoming chairman of the board. He continued to be active with the company on a daily basis until very recently.

He was a member of the Mountain States Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association and was named an Honorary Life Mernber in 1985.

Phil Kelty, 83, retired sales manager of the old Simonson Lumber Co., Smith River, Ca., died of pneumonia following a stroke Dec. 12 in Crescent City, Ca.

A WWII veteran, he worked for Independent Building Materials Co., Torrance, Ca., in the 1960s, moving in middecade to Simonson Lumber Co., which was sold in 1978 to Arcata Redwood Co. He retired in 1980.

Lloyd Jorgensen, 83, former owner, Southwest Machinery Co., Santa Fe Springs, Ca., died Dec. l2 in Palm Desert.

A native of Fernwood, Wa., he graduated from the University of Washington and served in the U.S. Military during WWJI.

He worked as a machinery salesman for several companies prior to opening Southwest Machinery Co., which he sold in the late 1980s. He retired soon after, following 50 years in the indusry.