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in 1952, he served two Years with Army intelligence in the DMZ in South Korea. ln 1954,he joined North Pacific Lumber as a plywood broker' He later started his own wholesale company. Panel Products. acquiring a mill in White City, Or., in 2002 and a veneer drying plant in Rogue CitY, Or., in 2004. He retired in 2008 and his son, Jeff Mclaughlin, liquidated Panel Products a Year later.

Ronald Eric Wenzel,'7 4, retited sales manager for Herr Lumber Co., Seattle, Wa., died Aug. 28.

After serving in the U.S. ArmY, he joined Don Young Door Co., Yakima, Wa., in the early 1960s. He later worked for Harbor Plywood Products, transferring to Seattle in 1959. In 1961, he joined the sales team at Evans Products Co., first in Oakland,

Ca., then in Los Angeles and Seattle. He worked for Herr from 1966 to 1970, before leaving the industrY.

Douglas Dale Wicksell Sr., 74' longtime Pacific Northwest lumberman, died Aug. 12 after a lengthy illness in Mount Vemon, Wa.

Raised in Southern California, he moved north in the late 1960s to manage Copeland Lumber, Burlington' Wa. He also worked for Sequoia Supply, Tacoma, Wa., and Belco Lumber, Tacoma. before retiring in 2003.

Keith John White, 85, retired office manager for San Joaquin Lumber, Stockton, Ca., died SePt.22 in Ripon, Ca.

He served in the U.S. NavY during World War II.

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