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Robert Schott. 70. chairman and founder of Forestglen Lumber Co., Medford. Or.. died Feb. 23. 1990. in Medford.
Born in Cleveland, Oh., Mr. Schott entered the lumber business in 1947 with Southern Oregon Sugar Pine, White City, Or. After a stay at Vollstedt-Kerr Lumber Co., Medford, in the early 1950s, he founded Forestglen in 1956.
He also served as a director of the North American Wholesale Lumber Association.
Mr. Schott is survived by his widow. Billie. his mother. two sons. two daughters, three brothers and six grandchildren.
Adlee Charles "Lee" Broyles, 89, retired partner in Broyles Lumber Co., Redding, Ca., died March ll, 1990, in Palm Desert, Ca.
Born in Wikel, W.V., Mr. Broyles was stationed in France during WWI. Irr 1919 he joined Midwest Lumber Co., Atwood, Ks., later transferring as manager to Clayton and Belleville, Ks.
With his son Bradley, he founded Broyles Lumber & Supply Co., Eugene, Or., in 1947 and sold it in 1950; Broyles Lumber Co., Denver, Co., Broyles Wholesale Co., Medford, Or., in l95l (sold to Lumber Products in 1956) and Broyles Lumber Co., Medford, which moved to Redding in 1959 and closed last year. He retired in May, 1989.
Mr. Broyles is survived by his widow. Neva. one son. and two grandsons.
John Alexander Wyss, 72. retired manager of Ray Lumber, Lake Havasu City, Az., died Jan. 20, 1990, in Lake Havasu City.
Born in Eagleton, Ar., Mr. Wyss worked as a boy in lumber camps in Oklahoma and Arkansas. He served with the U.S. Army in World War II, and in 1947 he moved to Phoenix, Az., where he helped found Ray Lumber. He opened Wyss Lumber, Phoenix, in 1955, selling it in 1966 to rejoin Ray Lumber. He managed the Lake Havasu City branch until he retired in 1985.
He served as 1984-1985 president of the Arizona Lumber & Builders Supply Association.
Mr. Wyss is survived by his widow, Rosemary, two sons, and one daughter.