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Walter E. Kellogg, Jr., 82, owner of Kellogg Lumber Co., Denver, Co., died March 9 in Denver.

Born in Hotchkiss, Co., he began his career with his father at the Wallis-Kellogg Lumber Co. After serving as a U.S. Army sergeant during World War II, he rejoined the renamed Kellogg Lumber Co.

He was an honorary life member of the Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association and was active in Hoo-Hoo International and Wood Inc.

Virgil E. Kidd, 74, president and partner of Apache Lumber Co., Albuquerque, N.M., died March 8.

Born in Little Axe, Ok., he served in North Africa during World War II. ln 1946, he joined Earl Lowe Lumber Co., Albuquerque, transferring to the wholesale division of Apache Lumber in the 1950s. He was a Partner until its closing in 1986. He later worked part-time for McNary Lumber Sales and Red Barn Lumber.

He was active in Hoo-Hoo International.

Daniel Patrick Fogarty, 20, grandson of Tim Fogarty, Sr., Osborne Lumber, Newark, Ca., died in an auto accident March 24 in San

Settlement ls Schuller's

Coinciding with its offical name change to Schuller Corp., Manville Corp., Denver, Co., has comPleted a settlement giving its personal injury settlement trust sufficient funds to continue meeting asbestos claims.

Under the settlement, Manville agreed to give the trust 20Vo of its stock and pay a special $772 million dividend in a swap for the trust's forfeiting its right to 20Vo of the company's profits. The asbestos liability trust will then own 80Vo of the company and possess $1.2 billion in cash and marketable securities and $2.3 billion in assets.

"Now we have no pressure to

Diego, Ca.

He had worked for Dale Hardware in the electrical department and was pursuing an electronics degree from ITT Technical Institute.

His uncles Tom, Ted and Kevin Fogarty work for Osborne Lumber and his father, Tim, is employed with Ketcham Lumber. Newark.

Last Act As Manville

develop additional cash," said managing trustee Robert Falise. "We're not under the gun, so to speak, to raise any additional cash for our operations."

A day after the announcement of the settlement, Manville officially became Schuller Corp., complete with new logo and tag line. The change helps distance the company from the asbestos litigation and reflects its focus on insulation and building products produced by Schuller International, its sole subsidiary following the recent sale of Riverwood International.

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