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Bernard ttBerniet' Bode Barber Jr., 87, former president of Bernie Barber and Associates. Fresno. Ca.. died March 25 in Monterey, Ca.

Mr. Barber attended Fresno State College and served with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Following the war, he joined the family business-which published a lumber market report from 1936 until 2OO4and became president.

He served as executive secretary and treasurer of the Fresno Hoo-Hoo Club for several decades. He also helped found the Woodwork Institute of California and served many years as its chief investment officer.

Dean F. Norman, 82, founder of Norman Lumber, Medford, Or., died April6 in Medford.

After Mr. Norman graduated from Iowa State University, he and his wife moved to Oregon. He joined the lumber industry in 1952, working for several wholesale firms before founding Norman Lumber in 1916. He retired in

2005, and his son, Jeff, now operates the business.

Myron Robert Rogge, 89, retired vice president of sales for Dalson Lumber Co., Olympia, Wa., died March 2 in Escondido. Ca.

Born in White Lake, Wi., to a longtime lumber industry family, he worked for Sound Sidewall Shakes. Chehalis, Wa., before joining Dalson Lumber in the mid-1950s. He retired to Southern California in l982.

Robert H. Broughton, 79, former owner and operator of B&L Ranch & Lumber, Reno, Nv., died April l5 in Carson City, Nv.

A native of San Jose, Ca., he served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict.

Robert D. Busby, 77, retired materials estimator for La Mesa Lumber. San Diego, Ca., died March24.

Mr. Busby served with the U.S. Army during the Korean War.