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Helen G. Cote, 92, pioneering Michigan lumberwoman, died Sept. 5 in L'Anse, Mi.

Ms. Cote graduated from high school in 1930 at the age of 16 and a week later joined Baraga Lumber Co., Baraga, Mi., as secretary. Three years later, she was promoted to general manager. She then joined a mill owned by Ford Motor Co. in L'Anse, as assistant lumber sales manager. When the mill closed in 1955, she joined Miller Lumber Sales, L'Anse, as general manager, retiring in 1985.

She was an honorary member of the National Hardwood Lumber Association.

Bill Goebel, 76, retired president of Star Lumber & Supply, Wichita, Ks., died Sept. 3 after a short battle with thyroid cancer.

Mr. Goebel became president of the company-which his father started in 1939-when his father died in 1965. He retired in 1989 because of ill health.

Scott Vasquezi, 35, salesman with Boston Cedar and Millwork, Avon, Ma., died July 30 in Northampton, Ma., after an apparent heart attack.

Mr. Vasquezi joined Northeast Young Lumber Executives in 1999, becoming president of the group in 2004. That same year, he joined the board of directors of the Vermont Retail Lumber Dealer's Association.

James C. Gatewood Jr., 84, retired salesman for East Coast Lumber Co., Climax, N.C., died Sept. 10.

Mr. Gatewood fought with the U.S. Army in World

War II, and then spent the rest of his life in lumber sales. In 1998, he retired from East Coast after 25 years.

Mike Crowe, 61, an OSB buyer for Lumbermen's Merchandising Corp., Wayne, Pa., died Aug. 21.

Howard "Howie" J. Schultz, 92, retired from Lieber Lumber & Millwork Co., Neenah, Wi., died Aug. 30 in Menasha.

Mr. Schultz began his woodworking career in 1927 at Sindahl Millwork Shop. He worked at Lieber from 1929 until his retirement in 1979.