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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-04-061079
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	5
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20041127
FILED AS OF DATE:		20041229
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20041229

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:			1203

	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:			FEENAN JOHN A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001261437

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		5
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09225
		FILM NUMBER:		041230847

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1200 WILLOW LAKE BLVD
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 64683
		CITY:			ST PAUL
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55164-0683
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6512365710
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            <rptOwnerCity>ST. PAUL</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55164-0683</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Sr. VP, CFO</officerTitle>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right-to-Buy)</value>
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                <value>24.45</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionCoding></transactionCoding>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>1988-08-08</value>
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                <value>2013-10-01</value>
            </expirationDate>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                <underlyingSecurityShares>
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                    <value>25000</value>
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                <value>1988-08-08</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">2000 Stock Incentive Plan - This option vests in four equal installments beginning on August 25, 2004.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Deferred Compensation Plan: These units convert into shares of common stock on a 1-for-1 basis.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Deferred Compensation Plan: Units convert into shares of common stock upon the earlier of certain termination events as specified in the Key Employee Deferred Compensation Plan or such earlier date as selected by the participant.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">2000 Stock Incentive Plan:  This option vests in four equal installment beginning on December 3, 2004.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">401(k) Plan: This amount includes shares and dividends acquired during the fiscal year pursuant to the H.B. Fuller Company Thrift Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Key Employee Deferred Compensation Plan Dividend Reinvestment: This amount includes stock units acquired pursuant to a dividend equivalent feature of the Key Employees' Deferred Compensation Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Timothy J. Keenan, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-12-29</signatureDate>
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, John A. Feenan,  hereby
constitute and appoint Patricia L. Jones, Albert P.L. Stroucken, and Timothy J. Keenan,
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:  August 18, 2004			/s/  John A. Feenan


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