Charles Augusta Clapham

Charles A. Clapham, 77, a man who always said there was only one state, Wyoming, died Saturday at Sheridan County Memorial Hospital.

Born July 25, 1894 at Mt. Vernon, SD he married Blanche Tanner at Gillette on August 28, 1921. He came to Wyoming and Gillette in 1916 and then he and his wife moved to Sheridan in 1928. However in 1902 he moved as a child to Harrison County, MO and was educated there. Later he was a merchant in Gainsville, MO and then came to Gillette.

Mr. Clapham was a brakeman and conductor for the C.B.& Q. Railroad 41 years in the Edgemont and Sheridan divisions and retired in 1959. He had always wanted to live, die and be buried in Wyoming.

He was a member of the C.B.&Q. Veterans association, a member of the brotherhood of Railroad conductors and a member of the first Christian Church.

Survivors include his widow, two sons, Joseph Charles, Denver, CO and Walter Lee, Baltimore, MD; two brothers, Benjamine S. of Tabor, Iowa and Robert of Gilman City, Mo; five grandchildren and one great grandson, and a sister, Mrs. Harry (Candace) Johnson of Beaverton, OR.

Private funeral rites will be held Tuesday 10 a.m. at Ferries Funeral Home with Rev. Don Beal officiating. Burial will be in Sheridan Municipal Cemetery.

Friends may call at Ferries Funeral Home tonight from 7 to 9 o'clock, and those who wish may send memorials to the First Christian Church.

Contributed by: Chauncie Gleason