@tsITGAR[trS

Rex Vowell, a cedar lumber trader with English Bay Forest Products, Portland, Or., died March 7, 1988, in Portland. He was 70.

Born in Malin, Or., Mr. Vowell worked for Kogap Lumber Co., Medford, Or., before joining F.M. Crawford Lumber Co., Alderpoint, Ca., in 1965. The company was purchased by Georgia-Pacific in 1968 and later became part of Louisiana-Pacific in 1973 when L-P was spun off from G-P.

He retired from L-P. Red Bluff. Ca., after suffering a heart attack in 1982. He returned to the business in 1986 with English Bay.

Mr. Vowell is survived by his widow, Eunice, two sons, a daughter, two brothers, three sisters, and four grandchildren.

Eldon Lincoln Spalding, owner and president of Spalding & Son, Grants Pass, Or., died March 2, 1988, in Grants Pass. He was 88.

A native of Pierce County, Wi., he and his family moved in 1905 to Grants Pass, where his father and two uncles started a sawmill. Later, he opened his own business in the Swede Basin area, moving the mill downtown to Grants Pass in the 1950s. He actively ran the business until 1986, remaining president until his death.

Mr. Spalding is survived by his widow, Epsie, one daughter and one son.

Norman Spruston, whose 50year career spanned lumbering in British Columbia and southern California, died in La Mirada, Ca., on March 10, 1988. He was 77.

Born in Michel, B.C., a mining town, Mr. Spruston was educated at Brentwood College on Vancouver Island. After working for a railroad, he began his lumber career in the 1930s. He was superintendent at the Royal City Sawmill, New Westminster. B.C.. and also worked for East Asiatic Company, Vancouver.

Hard times in Canada caused Mr. Spruston to move to Southern California in 1956. After two years with Stahl Lumber, Los Angeles, he joined the sales staff of Brush Industrial Lumber, Montebello. He spent more than 25 years with Brush and its successor, MacBeath Hardwood Company. He retired two years ago.

Mr. Spruston is survived by his widow, Marian, a sister, two brothers, a daughter and two sons, and six grandchildren.

Fred Jeddeloh, former owner of Jeddeloh Brothers Sweed Mills Inc., Gold Hill. Or.. died March l. 1988. in Portland, Or. He was 82.

A native of Oldenburg, Germany, he came to the U.S. in 1925, In the mid-1940s, he and his brother Otto opened a sawmill on Galls Creek near Gold Hill. With another brother, Adolph, they formed the Sweed Mills sawmill equipment manufacturing business in the mid1950s, later sold to Cascade Wood Products, White City, Or.

Mr. Jeddeloh is survived by three sons, a daughter, and his two brothers.

Edward W. Bohlen, formerly of Peoples Lumber Co., Ventura, Ca., died Jan. 23. 1988. in Ventura after a lengthy illness. He was 85.

Born in Freedom, Pa., he moved to Ventura and joined Peoples Lumber in 1943, working as a clerk until his retirement in 1971.

Mr. Bohlen is survived by his widow, Margaret, a son, four grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Lloyd Brown, president and cofounder of Northwest Wood Specialties, Portland, Or., died following a massive heart attack Jan. ll, 1988, in Portland. He was 58.

A native of Glasgow, Mt., he was graduated from the University of Oregon in 1951 and served in the Navy during the Korean War. He worked for Al Thrasher Lumber Co., Eureka, Ca.; Crawford Door Co., Williamsport, Pa.; Wood Parts Manufacturing Co., Tacoma, Wa., and Industrial Lumber Co., Portland, before founding his own company.

Mr. Brown is survived by his widow, Hazel, a daughter, a son, two brothers, and three grandchildren.

Harold Reynolds Sr., founder and president of Vis-Rey, Inc., Spanaway, Wa., died Feb. 10, 1988, in Tacoma, Wa. He was 76.

Born in Aitkin, Mn., he worked in the construction industry before forming Vis-Rey in 1959.

Mr. Reynolds is survived by his widow, Theo Mae, two sons, one daughter, five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

LeRoy P. Smith, a pioneer in the alder lumber business, died Feb. 16,

1988, in Yakima, Wa. He was 88.

Born in Adair, Ok.. Mr. Smith operated mills in Fortine, Mt.; Missoula, Mt., and Clatskanie, Or., before moving his L. R. Smith Hardwood Co., to Longview and Shelton, Wa. He later owned a sawmill in Alaska.

Mr. Smith is survived by his widow, Irene, a son, a daughter, a sister, two brothers, I I grandchildren, and I 4 great-grandchildren.