Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, Colorado, September 20, 1962
ARTHUR CLAYMON DIES; LAST RITES TOMORROW
Arthur Claymon of
Sterling former Holyoke resident, passed away suddenly Monday evening,
September 17, at his home in Sterling. He had been in failing health for
some time.
A rosary service will be held at 8:00 p.m. this
Thursday evening at the Walter Chaney Funeral Home, 443 S. 2nd St.,
Sterling. Mass will be conducted at St. Catherine Church in Iliff at
9:30 a.m. tomorrow (Friday), followed by graveside rites and interment
at Holyoke Memorial Park.
Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke,
Colorado, September 27, 1962
ARTHUR CLAYMON FUNERAL FRIDAY;
INTERMENT HERE
Funeral services for Arthur Claymon of Sterling,
former Phillips County resident, were conducted at 9:30 a.m. Friday,
September 21, at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Iliff, with the Rev.
Charles Salmon officiating. Interment was at Holyoke Memorial Park.
Mr. Claymon, who was 62 years of age, passed away suddenly of a heart
attack at his home in Sterling on Monday evening, September 17. He had
been in poor health for some time but had remained active and had been
doing some work about his home shortly before his death.
A son
of Remmer and Mary Kloeman* Claymon, Arthur Claymon was born September
3, 1900, in Humphrey, Nebraska. He was united in marriage to Mary J.
Ewegen on August 1, 1921 at Grant, Nebraska.
He farmed in the
Amherst community for a number of years and later was engaged in
business in Holyoke for a time before moving to Ogallala, Nebraska,
where he operated a locker plant and supermarket in partnership with his
son, Alvin.
Mr. Claymon returned to Amherst in 1952, where he
again engaged in farming, then moved to Iliff in 1957 and farmed there
until the spring of 1962, when he retired and moved to Sterling.
He was a member of St. Catherine Church at Iliff, a charter member of
the Ogallala Elks Lodge, and a member of the Woodmen of America, Knights
of Columbus, and the Lions club and Rotary club at Ogallala.
Survivors include his wife, Mary, Sterling; one son, Alvin A. Claymon,
North Platte, Nebraska; step-mother, Mrs. May Claymon, Canon City; a
brother, Lester Claymon, Scottsbluff, Nebraska; three half-brothers,
Clarence Claymon, Denver, Mike Claymon, Canon City, and Felix Claymon,
Tucson, Arizona; and four granddaughters, Charlene Claymon, North
Platte. He was preceded in death by one brother, Edward Claymon, and two
sisters, Mrs. Frank Demmel and Mrs. Jennie Brandt.
*Kohlman?
ARTHUR CLAYMON
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