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Nils B. Hult, former owner of Hult Lumber and Plywood Co., Eugene, Or., died in Puerto Rico on Feb. l, 1985. He was 71.

Mr. Hult began his industry career when his father opened a sawmill near Horton, Or., in the 1930s. They later formed Hult Lumber and Plywood at Junction City, Or., a planing mill and plywood mill which Mr. Hult sold in 1967.

He was president of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association in 1964, when it merged with the Western Pine Association to become the Western Wood Products Association. Mr. Hult served on the WWPA board of directors until l!b8.

He is survived by his widow, Jewel, five daughters and eight grandchildren.

Joe Aimar, manager of Diamond (Match)Lumber Co.,Fresno, Ca., for 20 years, died Feb. 10, 1985, in Sacramento, Ca. He was 59.

A Navy veteran, he was born in Fresno and lived in Hanford until 1955. He served as president of the San Joaquin Valley Hoo-Hoo Clubin 1955.

He is survived by a son, a daughter and two sisters.

Robert Sutton, a retired Southern California lumberman, died February 16, 1985. He was born August ll, l9l3 in Perris. Ca.

A graduate of Glendale Junior College, he first worked for Ducommun Steel and later for Roy Pritchard and John Fry at their lumber business on Highland Avenue in Los Angeles.

After World War II he joined Airline Lumber Co., San Diego, Ca., eventually becoming a partner. After the firm merged with Dixie Lumber Co.. to become Dixieline Lumber Co., he left the industry to work in other helds. He returned to the lumber business in 1972 with Fallbrook Lumber Co., Fallbrook, Ca., retiring in l98l.

Mr. Sutton is survived by his widow, Esther, and one brother.

Gerald W. Gruber, manager of the Tustin Lumber Co., Tustin, Ca., died on Jan. 12 in that city. He was 62.

He had been a long time employee of Mullin Lumber Co., Burbank, Ca., working as a salesman and manager, before assuming responsibility for the Tustin yard.

Mr. Gruber is survived by his widow. Christine. a daushter and a son.

William T. White, Jr., retired former president of White Brothers, Oakland, Ca., died February 15, 1985 while golfing near his home on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. He was 72.

He left the pioneer hardwood company several decades ago to pursue other business interests, mainly in land, in Southern California, where he lived until last year. Mr. White was a native of Oakland and a graduate of The University of Oregon. He served with the United States Coast Guard in World War II.

Mr.White is survived by hiswidow, Patricia, a son, daughter and three grandchildren.

Warren Charles Diehl. co-founder of Diehl Lumber Products Inc., Salt Lake City, Ut., died in that city Jan. 26, 1985.

Born in St. George, Ut., on Oct. ll, 1898, he started working in retail lumber yards as a teenager. In 1929 he joined Charles Robinson in the wholesale lumber brokerage business. In 1957 when that company dissolved with the retirement of Mr. Robinson. he founded Diehl Lumber Products Inc. with his son, Larry. He retired in t96r'..

Mr. Diehl is survived by two sons, seven grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.

Thomas T. Clark, a plywood industry pioneer, died in Roseburg, Or., Jan. 8, 1985. He was 82.

Mr. Clark worked in Washington State sawmills and plywood plants and was a founding partner of Peninsula Plywood Corp., Port Angeles, before moving to Roseburg. He was a founder of the Umpqua Plywood Corp. which was acquired by Roseburg Lumber Co. Mr. Clark remained with Roseburg until 1959 when he left to form National Plywood with A. J. Stanley. He retired in 1965.

Mr. Clark is survived by his widow.

Thomas Stuart Turner, president of Clear Pine Mouldings Inc., Prineville, Or., died Dec. 31, 1984, in Bend, Or.

Mr. Turner spent his entire life working in the lumber industry including working with Carter Lumber Co., Spokane, Wa., and Diamond International, Chico, Ca., before joining Clear Pine Mouldings. He was president of the Wood Moulding and Millwork Producers Association for two years and a member of the board of directors of the Western Wood Products Association.

He is survived by his widow, Beverly, two children, three grandchildren, his mother, a brother, a sister, six nieces and nephews.

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