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Joseph Panfilo Contestabile, 86, founder of Eagle Forest Products, Irving, Tx., died April 12.

Joe earned his degree in marketing from U.C. Berkeley in 1958, while playing quarterback for the Golden Bears. He then began his career in wholesale lumber and injection molding, in sales, marketing and management, with stops in Corvallis, Or.; Fort Bragg, Dominguez Hills, Fullerton and Northridge, Ca.; Charlotte, N.C.; and Irving, where he founded Eagle Forest Products in 1985.

Harry G. Foster, 90, longtime lumber sales manager with Deltic Farm & Timber, El Dorado, Ar., died July 6.

After graduating from high school, he served four years in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. Harry received his degree from Southern Arkansas College, then worked for Deltic Farm & Timber parent Murphy Oil Corp., El Dorado. He had a multi-decade career with the company and its subsidiaries, the majority as lumber sales manager. Harry retired in 1992.

Anthony Frank Bosco, 79, owner of Quality Windows & Doors, Freeland, Mi., died on May 22 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Following high school, Tony joined the U.S. Air Force, serving in Saudi Arabia, Africa and then Vietnam during the war. He returned home to earn his bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University. From 1966 to

1983, he managed stores for Wickes in Michigan, Illinois and Kentucky, then became Dayton, Oh., regional sales manager and a corporate sales executive for Wolohan Lumber, Saginaw, Mi. In 1990, he left to spend 21 months as director of operations for Scotty’s, Winter Haven, Fl., before returning to Wolohan as corporate professional sales manager. Tony became district sales manager for Crestline Windows, Saginaw, in 1994 and for Hurd Windows, Medford, Wi., in 2003. From 2008 to 2010, he operated AFB Fenestration, Freeland, then worked as district manager for Thermo-Tech Windows & Doors, St. Cloud, Mn. He launched Quality Windows in 2016.

Robert Marcene Mason, 92, longtime salesman and manager for Fingerle Lumber, Ann Arbor, Mi., died June 9.

A U.S. Marine during the Korean War, he worked for Fingerle Lumber from 1962 until retiring in 1995.

David C. Criss, 84, former owner and operator of Baldwin & Criss Lumber Co., Cato, N.Y., died June 24.

Harold Elmer Christel, 95, former owner of Home Lumber Co., Norwalk, Oh., passed away on June 16.

He worked at Kohlmyer’s Hardware until he was drafted into U.S. Army, serving in Germany from 1950 to 1952. Upon returning to Norwalk, Harold was hired by Crow Lumber (later Home Lumber), where he spent the next 56 years, eventually becoming co-owner.

Joe Garrison, owner of Garrison Lumber, Hennessey, Ok., passed away on June 21 after a battle with ALS. He was 73.

In 1972 he graduated from Southwestern State University with a degree in industrial education. He then earned a master’s degree in administration from Central State University, Edmond, in 1975, while teaching high school.

In the summer of 1977, Joe worked on the loading docks of Rounds & Porter Co. in Oklahoma City and the following summer joined the company full-time as an inside sales rep. In late 1978, he ws made outside sales rep for north central Oklahoma and relocated to Enid, Ok. Joe moved to Hennessey, Ok., in 1991 and purchased Hennessey Lumber, renaming it Garrison Lumber. On June 1, 2023, he celebrated 32 years in business.

Stan Webb, plant manager for Weyerhaeuser, Philadelphia, Ms., died June 29. He was 65.

He had been with Weyerhaeuser for 43 years, the last 18 as plant manager. He was a past president of the Mississippi Lumber Manufacturers Association and the Neshoba County Forestry Association, and served on the boards of MLMA and the Mississippi Forestry Association.

Ronald Michael “Mike” Musser, 80, founder of Musser Lumber Co., Rural Retreat, Va., died July 10.

He founded the company in 1968.