Tulare-Sacramento County CA Archives Obituaries.....Balaam, Clyde Oran July 20, 1975 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Steve Harrison raleighwood@juno.com April 15, 2008, 6:40 am Unknown “Clyde Oran (Cob) Balaam Private services were held in Sacramento for Clyde Oran (Cob) Balaam, a member of a pioneer Tulare family, who died in Sacramento on July 20 [1975]. Mr. Balaam was born in Exeter in 1897. He attended Exeter schools and was graduated from the University of Nevada where he was a celebrated football player. In 1926 Mr. Balaam married the former Dorothy Ross in Mendocino County. He worked for the Southern Pacific Railway as yard master in Sacramento. He had been retired for several years. Mr. Balaam is survived by his widow, Dorothy Balaam of Sacramento; two sons, Clyde Balaam Jr. of Carmichael, and John Ross Balaam of Anaheim; one daughter, Beverly Lou Macdonald of Mill Valley; and seven grandchildren.” END Additional Comments: Unknown newspaper, July 20, 1975 (Sunday) [this appears to be date of death rather than date of newspaper clipping]. Copy of obituary clipping obtained from the Sequoia Genealogical Society, Tulare, California. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/tulare/obits/b/balaam3635gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb