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Robert Vail Hansberger, 87, founder of Boise Cascade, Boise,Id., died May l5 in Boise.

After graduating from Harvard Business School, he served as chief engineer for Container Corp. of America. He then set up his own paper mill in Oregon. A year later, he joined Boise Payette as president and oversaw its merger with Cascade Lumber a year later.

He served as c.e.o. of Boise Cascade until 1972. when he left to pursue other ventures.

Robert B. Fancher, 89, former president and c.e.o. of Bloedorn Lumber, Torrington, Wy., died May l1 in Gering, Wy.

Mr. Fancher started his lumber career in 1939. as manager of Goshen Hole Lumber, Yoder, Wy. During World War II, he served with the U.S. Navy on the U.S.S. Canfield.

After the war, he managed Inter-City Lumber, Gering. He then worked for more than 70 years at Bloedorn Lumber.

He was an honorary life member of the Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association and the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association.

David G. Slaughter,82, a pioneer in the western plywood and veneer industry, died April l9 in Eugene, Or.

In 1947, Mr. Slaughter and his wife relocated from Oklahoma to Oregon. After working as a logger in Sweet Home and Lebanon, Or., he joined Western Veneer in 1949.ln 1950, he moved to Junction City, Or., where he helped start Valley Plywood. When Georgia-Pacific acquired Valley, he worked his way up to manager of West Coast plywood operations.

A few years later, he helped start States Veneer & Plywood. He then spent nine years in product management for TrusJoist, which had locations in Junction City and Eugene, before retiring.

Robert R. "Bob" Peterson, 76, longtime Pacific Northwest mill manager, died April 24 in Cornelius, Or.

Mr. Peterson graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in forestry and served in the Army. He then went to work for Weyerhaeuser in the Pacific Northwest, maintaining forests. Later, he managed various lumber product mills in Washington, Oregon, and Wyoming.

Rogan Coombs, T2,longtime Oregon timberman, died of a heart attack May 4 in Ferndale, Or.

After graduating from Oregon State University, Mr. Coombs started his career at his father's sawmill in Piercy. He worked there for 20 years, until he then started his own business in the 1970s-which grew to include 12000 acres of timberland in southern Humboldt and northern Mendocino counties.

Dubbed a "legendary logger" by the California Forest Products Commission, he also donated money and equipment to groups that worked to preserve and restore timber heritaee in both counties.

Siding Maker Expands

(Continued from page I 4 ) authentic western red cedar, from our own cedar logs, that have all the qualities and appearance of natural cedar."

To manufacture both Cedar Craft and Craftsman. Panel Crafters' facility has added a Globe rough/specialty saw to the existing Timersaver calibrating sanders, as well as a Heeseman four-head finishing sander to complement its 5x8' and 5x10' hot presses.

"Panel Crafters is unique in the panel business, because we offer FSC-certified as well as no-added- formaldehyde products and can obtain products in ranges that most other suppliers can't," said Paul Kell, who is joined in sales by Tom Overbeck and sales team manager Mike Palmerton. "With our 5'-wide presses and sanders, we offer product dimensions that save you time and money on both material costs and cut waste that needs to be disposed of after the job is finished. Our versatility allows us to manufacture panels from 3x6' to 5xl0' and any dimension in between. Cross grain, book match, slip match, or whole piece. We like the 'out of the norm' and can mix those with our standard oanels."