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