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American Plywood Associaticn

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Burns Lumber Co.

Georgia-Pacilic Corp. (Tacoma)

Georqia.Pacrlic Corp (Seallle)

Hub Crty Seattle Terminals

PGL Euilding products (Auburn)

PGL Eurlding Producls (Bremerton)

PGL Burldrnq Ploducls (Marysville)

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Loth Lumber

McFarland Cascade (ln wa.) (800) 521'2131

Martin Foresl Industries

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Simoson Timber co.

Tuniac Lumber Co. (800) 982-8202

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Charles Robert Taenzer. chairman of the board of American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles, Ca., died April 20, 1987, in Corona del Mar. Ca. He was 92.

A native of Memphis, Tn., Mr. Taenzer worked for a family-owned sawmill in Arkansas before movine to Los Angeles to found Americai Hardwood Co. in l9l4 with his father.

He was a founder and past president of the Pacific Coast Wholesale Lumber Dealers Association and a past director of the National Hardwood Lumber Association.

Mr. Taenzer is survived by his widow, Dorothy, two daughters, tbur grandchildren, and a great grand-daughter.

Wayne Mullin, chairman of the board of Mullin Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and the patriarch of the Southern California retail lumber industry, died April 15, 1987, in Beverly Hills, Ca. He was 88.

Born in Los Angeles on Nov. 18, 1898, Mr. Mullin worked for Woodhead Lumber, Los Angeles, for two years before founding Mullin Lumber in 1922. He had been a director of the Lumber Association of Southern California since 1940.

His other titles had included president of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association. 1955!7; director, Lumber Employers Council; director. Merchanti & Manufacturers Association. and director and vice president, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Mullin is survived bv his widow, Charlotte, one son, and one grandson.

Payless Cashways, Inc. as a publicly owned company with 16 stores. The company now has 182 stores in 23 states operating under six names including Furrow Building Materials.

Mr. Furrow is survived by his widow, two daughters, one son. two sisters, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Gottfried "Fred" Karlen. founder and honorary chairman of the board of Karlen Davis Co., Tacoma, Wa., died Feb. 9, 1987. in Indian Wells, Ca. He was 94.

Born in Helena, Mt., Mr. Karlen began his lumber career in l9l I as a carloader with Red River Lumber Co., Akeley, Mn. Five companies and 11 years later, he became vice president of Schwager-Karlen Co., Tacoma, and in 1928 president of Karlen-Davis Co., a post he held until his retirement in 1973.

Mr. Karlen is survived bv his widow, Ruth.

Henry J. Lussier, co-founder of S_anford-Lussier, Inc., Los Angeles, Ca., died March 11, 1987, in Pasadena, Ca., following a heart attack. He was 88.

A lumber veteran of more than 50 years, he worked for various companies, including E.L. Bruce, Los Angeles, before beginning his own lirm in 1946. He sold the company in 1972.

Mr. Lussier is survived bv his widow, Merle.

Norman J. Hove, owner of Cheney Building Supplies, Cheney, Wa., died March 27, 1987, in Spokane, Wa. He was 71.

Charles A Cruikshank Jr.. founder of Cruikshank Lumber Co.. Everett, Wa., died March 25. 1987. in Everett. He was 90.

A native of Hannibal, Mo.. he opened the firm in 1925. After he retired in 1972, his son succeeded him as president.

Mr. Cruikshank is survived bv his widow, a son, two daughters, anO t S grandchildren.

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Vernon Furrow, 78, a founder of i-aVless Cashways, Inc., Kansas City, Ks., died April l7 in Tucson. Az.'

A leading figure in the building materials retail industry, a membei of the Home Center Hall of Fame and a Pioneer Award recipient, he was the first chairman of thd boaid of Payless Cashways, Inc.

_ 9o.! June 16, 1908, in Lawler, Ia., he began his lumber career. aftei attending Iowa State Universitv. at Fullerton Lumber Co., Minneapolis, Nrn. He later managed yards in'Witten, S.D.and Tucson. Az.

With his father and brother. he purchased a Pocahontas. Ia.. lumberyard in 1930. The next year they acquired a yard in Early, Ia. In 1950 the family formed the Iowa Lumber qnQ SgnnlV Co. to bring together their six yards. In 1969 they formed

Born in Stanley, N.D., he entered the lumber industry in the 1940s with Potlatch Lumber, Cheney, and then Garren Lumber Co., Sunnyside, Wa., before opening his own company in 1959.

Mr. Hove is survived bv his widow, Margaret, his mother, one daughter, one son and one granddaughter.

Erik Eriksson, retired owner of Edmonds Lumber Co., Edmonds, Wa., died April 2, 1987, in Edmonds. He was 79.

A native of Sweden, he came to America at age 18. He worked for Crown Zellerbachin Wa. for 13 vears before forming his own company, Edmonds Lumber. in 1944. He retired in 1974.

Mr. Eriksson is survived bv his widow, Ruth, a brother, two siiters, and a daughter.