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David D. Stookesberry, 53, former manager, Economy Lumber Co., Greeley, Co., died July 3 from injuries suffered in a June 25 afio accident.

A native of Denver, he attended the University of Puget Sound and ran Economy Lumber from 1974 until 1997. He was president of the Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association in 19831984 and was named Lumberman of the Year by W.O.O.D., Inc.

John Wellington Crofoot, 88, retired lumberman, Crofoot Lumber Co., Ukiah, Ca., died June 19.

A native of Tully, N.Y., he traveled the world as an employee of the Matson Steamship Lines, operated Crofoot Mines, a sulfur and cinnabar mining firm in Nevada's Black Rock Desert and worked in the Public Works Department at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Ca., during WWII.

After the war, he joined his father and brother in the family-owned and operated lumber business, where he remained until retirement in 1975.

Richard "Dick" Wilson. 87, retired Oregon lumber salesman, and longtime Hoo-Hoo International member, died ofcancer Apnl2l.

A native of Douglasville, Ga., he served in the U.S. Coast Guard during WWII and started in the lumber industry after the war with the now-defunct Springfield, Or., area firm, Clear Fir Sales, retiring over 40 years later.

He was a member of Hoo-Hoo International for more than 50 years and was international president in 1984. The Atlanta, Ga., Hoo-Hoo Club #1 honored him by amending its name to include his.

Donald David Kook, 53, senior v.p. of product development, Zircon Corp., Campbell, Ca., died in an airplane accident June 15.

An employee since 1988 and an avid pilot, his body was found June l6 inside the wreckage of a Bellanca Decathlon that had departed the previous day from a South San Jose airport.

Helen Hahn. 75. retired administrative assistant, Mt. Taylor Millwork, Milan. N.M.. died of cancer June 20.

She began working for Mt. Taylor Millwork in 1968 after the death of her husband, Jack Hahn, who cofounded the business in 1964.

In 1989, Ted Allen, the other original partner, purchased her stock in the business and she retired.

Robertson James ttBobtt Lamb, national marketing manager for the Porta Group of companies, Victoria, Australia, died of cancer July 7 at Cabrini in Prahran, Victoria.

A frequent business visitor to the United States, Lamb was a recognized authority on merchandising mouldings. He also was a merchandising columnist for Timbertrader News, an Australian monthly trade journal.

Butterfly Heads For Court

Anti-logging activist Julia "Butterfly" Hill, who spent more than two years in a 200-ft. tall redwood on Pacific Lumber Co. property, has filed suit over a magazine ad that allegedly mocks her.

The suit against AT&T, OmniSky Corp. and their agency claims the ad, purportedly reminiscent of photos taken of Hill, shows a woman living in a tree-but she is holding a small OmniSky wireless Internet device. At the base of the tree, a man holding two large buckets is looking up a rope ladder. A logo on his jacket reads "sponge-bath.com."