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NAWLA will present its Wood Management Course-Level II March l2-15 at Mississippi State University's College of Forest Resources, Starkville. Ms.

Lloyd H. Olson, 94, retired founder of Crenshaw Lumber Co., Gardena, Ca., died Jan. 8 in Rolling Hills. Ca.

Mr. Olson graduated from the University of California in 1938. He served as a Naval officer during World War II in the Pacific Theater.

He founded Crenshaw in 1949 and retired in 1985.

Vaderon E. "Bud" Keeney, 90, retired v.p. of engineering for Stimson Lumber. Portland. Or.. died Jan.24 in Hillsboro. Or.

He began his career in 1938, with Giustina Brothers, Eugene, Or. When World War II started, he joined the Navy and served in the Pacific. Afterward, he worked at steam-powered mills in Oregon, including Maoleton Lumber and Fall Creek

Lumber.

When the Fisher Marcola mill shut down in 1956. he was hired to dismantle it and install the equipment in other mills around the Pacific Northwest. He then managed other mill modernization projects for FarWest Steel, Eugene.

In 1965, he launched Northwest Materials Handling Co., providing consulting and construction services for lumber mills such as Willamette Industries and Rosboro Lumber. In 1980. he became the operations manager of Stimson Lumber's mill in Forest Grove, Or., later rising to v.p.

After retiring from Stimson, he worked part-time for Coe Manufacturing and in the 1990s built a computerized mill for Roseburg Lumber.

Eugene Milton Anderson, 85, longtime Washington lumberman, died Jan. 9 in Lakewood, Wa.

After serving with the Navy until 1949,he worked for several industry companies, including Cheney Lumber, Louisiana-Pacific, Brazier Lumber, Burns Lumber, and Pacific Western Lumber Co.

Lawrence Eugene Gieber, 79, owner of M&L Enterprises, Crescent, Or., died Jan. 1 I of heart disease.

He began his career in the lumber industry in 1951 and owned the M&L post peeling plant since 1985.

William H. "Bill" Kuphaldt, 87, longtime Northern California forestry manager, died Dec. 26 in Jackson, Ca.

During World War II, he served with the Navy in the Pacific. Afterwards, he earned a degree in forestry from the University of California, Berkeley.

He started his lumber career at Winton Lumber Co., Winton, Ca., as a log scaler and quickly advanced to forester. He retired as manager of the land and timber division of American Forest Products, Stockton, Ca.

He also served as president of the Western Timber Association, v.p. of the California Forest Protective Association, and was appointed by Governor Ronald Reagan to the District Forest Practice Committee.

Roger Kotter, 65, part owner of Stone Lumber, Nampa, Id., died Jan. 9 due to a pulmonary embolism, in Nampa.

A year after graduating from Brigham Young University in 1971, he began working at Stone Lumber and became part owner in 1980.

Harold Hockett, 89, owner of Hockett's Builders Supply, Ridgecrest, Ca., died Dec.26 in Ridgecrest.

Mr. Hockett served as an Army Air Forces pilot during World War II. He then attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. graduating as an engineer.

He established the business in 1960 and operated it until his passing.

Nicholas Louis "Nick" Larsen, 57, warehouse/yard clerk at Central Valley Builders Supply, St. Helena, Ca.. died Jan. 3.

He previously worked at Ace Hardware, Calistoga. Ca.

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