OBITUARIES

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Russell H. Dlls, president of Willits Redwood Products Co., Willits, Calif., died July 20 of injuries suffered in an accident when a truck collided with his car. He was 69.

Mr. Ells was treasurer of the National Forest Products Assn. He had served as both president and chairman of the board of the association in 1967 and 1968, respectively.

He was a native of Ukiah, Calif., and a graduate in engineering of the University of California at Berkeley. Mr. Ells first operated a timber engineering business in the Willits area.

He was plant manager of the Sage Land & Lumber Co. and, with a partner, founded Willits Redwood in 1946, having purchased the assets of Sage.

He was president of the California Redwood Assn. from L955-57 and served on its board of directors since 1951.

Mr. Ells had been a director of NFPA and aetive on a number of committees. He was a member of the economic council of the forest products industry and was elected NFPA treasurer last May.

He represented the redwood industry of the California State Board of Forestry and had been mayor of Willits from 1948-50.

Mr. Ells is survived by his widow, Viola; daughter, Mrs. Kathleen Lewis; son. Michael.

Charleg Cheeseman died June 1 following a brief illness. He was 76.

Mr. Cheeseman worked in the lumber business for about 20 years. At various times he represented Standard Lumber, Pickering Lumber, Weyerhaeuser and other companies, sGT. Tfl0ilAS P00rt

A native of Kansas, he resided in California for 50 years. He spent four years in retirement in the Southern California desert community of Norton.

Mr. Cheeseman was owner and founder of the Kirkby Co., Covina, Calif., along with his wife, son and nephew.

Survivors are his widow, Ada: sons, Charles L, and Marvin; brother, Eugene; sister, Minnie D. Thompson and nephew, Wilbur Cheeseman.

Sgt. E-5 Thomas Poole was killed in Cambodia one day before his unit was scheduled to pull out. He would have been 2l on July 2.

Sgt. Poole ig the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Poole, manager, Carter Mill & Lumber Co. (see The Merchant, May, 1970, page 8-9).

Born in Mississippi July 2, 1949, Sgt. Poole lived in Inglewood, Calif., most of his life. He graduated from Morningside High School in 1967 and was drafted while attending El Camino College. ilonY ARIilUR ilr0Ens0rl

He had tried to join the Air Force and the Navy but was rejected for a heart condition. Sgt. Poole had rheumatic fever when a child.

During his years at Morningside he was able only to padicipate in swimming and wrestling despite an athletic build.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by his widow, Christine; sister, Claudia Sue; brother, Gerald Lee; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Truman Smith and Mrs. Jessie Poole.

Emory Arthur "Andy" Anderson died July 1?.

Mr. Anderson, a native of Minnesota, had been in the lumber wholesaling business in California for 22 years.

He is survived by his sons, Richard, Tacoma, Wash., and Don, Reseda, Calif.; sisters, Alice O'Keefe, Covina, Calif., Violet Friedheim and Sally Mans, both of Minneapolis, Minn.; and three grandchildren.

EDWAND I. HODGES

Edward T. Hodges, a lumber industryman from the time he was 16 years old, died July 11.

After his discharge from the U.S. Army in 1949, he started Hodges Wood Products Co. He had been retired for the past 10 years.

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