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Ray Lizotte , a 37 -year veteran of the West Coast lumber industrv. died Nov. 12. 1987. in Medford. Or. He was 58.
Born in Yakima, Wa., he moved to Southern California in the earlv 1950s, joining Baugh Bros., Los Angeles, Ca., as a lumber sorter and grader. In 1955, he became a lift truck driver at Tarter, Webster and Johnson, Los Angeles, later joining the company's sales staff in Rialto.
Mr. Lizotte went to Inland Lumber Co. in 1962 as a lumber trader and was later promoted to vice president in charge ofpurchasing. In 1975 he formed his own company, R&L Wood Products, Rialto, which he later moved to Grass Vallev. Ca. In 1984 he became lumber sales manager for Gregory Forest Products, Glendale. Or.. where he worked until his retirement.
Mr. Lizotte is survived bv his widow. Minnie, a daughter, two sons, five brothers, three sisters, and two grandsons.
Irving "Bud" Boldt. lumber manager of Lomita Lumber. Lomita, Ca.. died Sept. 30, 1987, in Long Beach, Ca. He was 67.
A native of Los Angeles, Ca., he entered the lumber business in 1938. He worked for various companies, including Consolidated Lumber, Long Beac_h, and Sun Lumber, Long Beach, before joining Lomita Lum-ber as lumber manager in 1965.
Mr. Boldt is survived bv his widow, Thelma.
Glen Nelson, a sales rep for Sun Plywood, Inc., Roseburg, Or., died following a sudden heart attack on Nov. l, 1987. in Sutherlin. Or. He was 57.
A native of Medford. Or.. Mr. Nelson entered the lumber business in the early 1950s with Timber Products, Grants Pass. Or. In the earlv 1970s, he was hired by Getty Oil Co. to oversee the building and running of a plywood plant in Africa. When the government took over the plant five years later, he returned to the states to join Random Widths, Albany, Or. He joined Sun in 1984.
An alumnus of Southern Oregon State College at Ashland, he was a football star during his college years.
Mr. Nelson is survived bv his widow. Mary, a son, a daughtei, and a grandchild.
Charles B. "Chuck" Shafer, owner, president and general manager of Irrigators Lumber Co., Caldwell, Id., died Oct. 10, 1987, in Caldwell. He was 62.
A lifelong native of Caldwell, Mr. Shafer joined Irrigators Lumber in 1947 after serving in World War II. He gradually accumulated stock in the company, becoming its major shareholder in 1983.
He had been an active member of the Western Building Materials Association, serving on its board of directors, as an insurance and pension trustee from 1978 to 1983, and as president in 1977.
Mr. Shafer is survived by his widow, Bonnie, two brothers, three sisters, and two sons.
Larry White Sr., well known Arizona lumberman, died Oct. 27, 1987, in Gilbert, Az., after a bout with lung cancer. He was 73.

Born in St. Anne, Il., White participated in the initial WWII invasion of Italy as a first lieutenant. ln 1946 he became co-owner and general manager of Swede Basin Lumber Co., Grants Pass, Or., selling the firm in 1955 to Bates Plywood Co.
He moved to Phoenix. Az.. where he worked as general manager of Ray Fab, a division of Ray Lumber Co.. until his retirement in 1973.
Mr. White is survived by his widow, Genevieve, a daughter, two sons, and five grandchildren.
