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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001181431-04-005409.txt : 20040130
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20040130142511
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-04-005409
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040129
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040130

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FULLER H B CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000039368
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ADHESIVES & SEALANTS [2891]
		IRS NUMBER:				410268370
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1130

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1200 WILLOW LAKE BLVD
		CITY:			ST PAUL
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55110-5132
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6126453401

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VAN RODEN JOHN C JR
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001080246

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09225
		FILM NUMBER:		04555413

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 KING STREET P O BOX 231
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19899
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3024293315

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		125 S DAKOTA AVE
		CITY:			SIOUX FALLS
		STATE:			SD
		ZIP:			57104
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            <rptOwnerName>VAN RODEN JOHN C JR</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>1200 WILLOW LAKE BOULEVARD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>P.O. BOX 64683</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ST. PAUL</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55164-0683</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <transactionDate>
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                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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        <footnote id="F1">Directors' Stock Incentive Plan: These shares were awarded pursuant to the H.B. Fuller Company 1998 Directors' Stock Incentive Plan.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Steven E. Suckow, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, John C. van Roden, Jr., hereby constitute and appoint Patricia L. Jones, Albert P.L. Stroucken, Steven E. Suckow and John A. Feenan, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for me and in my name, place and stead, to sign any reports on Form 3 (Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities), Form 4 (Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities) and Form 5 (Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities) relating to transactions by me in Common Stock or other securities of H.B. Fuller Company, and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the appropriate securities exchange, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or their substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
 intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratify and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney shall be effective until such time as I deliver a written revocation thereof to the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents.

Dated:  October 25, 2003				/s/  John C. van Roden, Jr.

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