Tulare County CA Archives Obituaries.....Balaam, Albert Swain August 16, 1929
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Unknown newspaper, August 22, 1929
“Funeral Is Held For A.S. Balaam At Local Church

Exeterite Dies In Delano Hospital Following Auto Accident

Funeral services for A. S. Balaam [Albert Swain Balaam] were conducted at the 
Exeter Baptist church at nine o’clock Sunday morning [August 18] with Rev. J. 
E. Rector officiating assisted by Rev. W. M. McClearen.  A quartet including 
John Wright, Haven Way and R. D. and A. B. Sellars sang two selections and Mrs. 
Roy Foster played several numbers on the pipe organ.  Burial was made in the 
Exeter cemetery.

Mr. Balaam passed away in the Delano Emergency hospital at 4:30 o’clock Friday 
afternoon [August 16] following an auto accident on Sunday, August 11, when he 
received a fracture of the skull.  The accident occurred at McFarland when he 
was returning to Exeter with his family and other relatives after spending some 
time in Pismo for his health, having been ill for about three months.  The 
Balaam party had stopped in the small city of McFarland and when Mr. Balaam 
attempted to cross the street was struck by an automobile driven by W. I. 
Williams, of Oil Center.  The front of the car crashed into Mr. Balaam and 
threw him onto the hood of the auto and finally threw him against the pavement 
after carrying him approximately sixty feet causing the fracture of his skull.

The deceased, who was born in this district April 15, 1867, was a member of one 
of the pioneer families of the Exeter district, his father, Edward Balaam, who 
settled here in the sixties, being one of Exeter’s first merchants.

Mr. Balaam resided in or near Exeter during his lifetime and bought and 
developed a forty-acre tract of land south of Exeter where he made his home, 
and afterward purchased another forty already developed.  He was a hard working 
man who had just reached the point where he might have reaped the reward of his 
labors in easy circumstances.  During his long life in this community he had 
made a host of friends to whom the sad ending of his life was a deep shock.

Being interested and active in the grape industry in this district, Mr. Balaam 
became chairman of the executive committee of the Sun-Maid Raisin Growers’ 
association in the Exeter district.  He was also a member of the Exeter lodge 
of Woodmen of the World.

Those surviving are: his wife, four children, [Orlando] Clayton Balaam, of 
Tulare, [Herbert] Austin Balaam, who has a ranch near Exeter, Mrs. Dewey Carter 
[Lola Estelle Balaam] and Mrs. Alstyne Pruner [Helen Claudine Balaam], of this 
city; his mother who lives in Hollywood; two brothers, Walter Balaam, of 
Redondo Beach, and Fred Balaam, of Morro Beach, and a sister, Mrs. W. G. Davis, 
of Porterville.

An inquests [sic] was conducted at Delano at 1:30 Monday afternoon by Coroner 
Thomas Haus and the verdict showed that death of Mr. Balaam was accidental.”  
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Unknown newspaper, August 22, 1929 (Thursday)

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