OBITIUARIES

John B. Hamacher, 69, founder and retired president of Sierra Forest Products, Terra Bella Ca., died following a lengthy illness March 9, 1993, in Honolulu, Hi.

Born in Spokane, Wa., he bought a Talent, Or., sawmill in 1950. He moved to California in 1964 and formed Sierra Forest Products, retiring in 1988. He helped develop thin-kerf saws and markets for the full utilization of log and lumber by-products.

Henry Clay "Bud" Crofoot, Jr., 75, retired Northern California lumberman, died March 23, 1993, in Ukiah, Ca., after a l0-year battle with cancer.

Born in Syracuse, N.Y., he grew up in the old timber town of Magalia Ca. In the 1940s, he moved to the North Coast of California and set up sawmill operations in the Ukiah and Anderson valleys.

Alfred E. Rueger, 70, a licensed professional forester, died of cancer March 26,1993, in Novato, Ca.

He worked as a forester and timber manager for Frank Crawford Lumber Co. and Georgia-Pacific, Ukiah, Ca., and Jack Fairhurst Lumber Co., Dolly Varden Lumber Co. and G. L. Speir Lumber Co. in the fucata, Ca., area. In 1970, he joined the Internal Revenue Service as a timber tax appraiser, retiring in 1990.

Owls Move In At Lumber Yard

Ask anyone at Hulbert Lumber Co. what's new and he'll probably tell you about the Forest Owls who became Lumber Yard Owls.

When Hulbert employees reported for work at the Newark, Ca., yard on the Friday after the Timber Summit, they found a pair of beige and white flecked owls settled in among the lumber stacks. the NewarVFremont Argrs reported.

Jim Kronenberg and Frank Kinney, store owners, weren't sure they were of the sponed variety, but "we're here to tell you they'll follow the forest right down to the lumber yard."

One owl took off to see the sights, but the other, a more mellow fellow, stuck around. Needless to say, children who came to the store were enchanted by Forest Owls who moved to the lumber yard.

Ilerman Karl Pfeiffer,75, former owner of Pfeiffer Lumber Co., Yoncalla Or., died of liver failure March 17,1993 in Eugene, Or.

Born in St. Louis, Mo., he received a degree in forestry in 1938 from Iowa State University and joined the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. After serving in World War II, he worked as a consulting forester. From 1952 to 1970 he owned and operated Pfeiffer Lumber and for 15 years was affiliated with Bohemia Lumber Co., Eugene.

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