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Victor "Vic" Stanley Roth, 83, founder of Triangle Lumber Co., Oakland, Ca., died March 31, 1995, in Oakland.

Born in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, he founded Triangle in 1946, moving to Kensington (Berkeley), Ca., in 1962. He retired in 1984.

A member since 1952, he served as president of the Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club for one year. He was also active in the Forest Products Research Society, serving as membership chairman for several years.

Norton Ctapp, 89, former President and chairman of the board of Weyerhaeuser Co., Tacoma, Wa', died in his sleep Aprrl 22, 1995, in Seattle, Wa.

Mr. Clapp, whose grandfather was a principal founder of Weyerhaeuser, joined the company as corporate secretary in 1938, serving as president from 1960 to 1966. He served as chairman of the board from 1957 to 1960 and again from 1966to 1976.

Mr. Clapp also helped back the construction of the Space Needle, a Seattle landmark built for the 1962

World's Fair.

Estimated by Forbes magazine to be worth $450 million, he was a visible backer of his stepson, Democrat Booth Gardner, govemor of Washington from 1985 to 1993.

Edward C. Nave, 72, retired lumberman, died April 10, 1995, in Medford, Or.

Born in Crete, Ne., he served in the Army Air Corps during WWII. In 1949, he joined Medford CorP., Medford, Or., as sales manager, leaving in 1969 to become vice presidentsales for Commander Industries, Red Bluff, Ca. In 1981, he came out of retirement to rejoin Medford Corp. as sales manager, until the division was closed.

He was a director of the North American Wholesale Lumber Association and a member of Hoo-Hoo International. He also served on various Western Wood Product Association committees.

George C. Jacobsen, 81, owner of Lloyd Lumber Co., Nampa, Id., died March 23,1995, in Narnpa.

He joined Lloyd Lumber in 1931 unloading coal cars in exchange for coal to heat his family's home during the Great Depression. He worked his way up to bookkeeper and in 1969, a year after Windsor Lloyd died, he

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