Boundary County ID Archives Obituaries.....Chappell, Claude W. December 8, 1965
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Bonners Ferry Herald, December 16, 1965
Services Held for Claude W. Chappell, Former Sheriff
   Claude W. Chappell, 74, Bonners Ferry resident and former Boundary county
sheriff, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 8th, at Community hospital following a
lingering illness.
   He was born April 25, 1891 in Lake County, S. Dak., the son of George and
Alice Brock Chappell.  At age four he moved with his parents to East Richford,
Vt. and remained there for 10 years.  Following the death of his mother he lived
with his sister in South Dakota for a time, then moved to North Dakota where he
married Shirley Dare Welch, at Bismarck in 1910.  He farmed in the Dakotas until
the fall of 1933, when he moved with his family to Bonners Ferry.  He engaged in
farm work in this area for 20 years and served as sheriff of Boundary county in
1951 and 1952.  He retired in 1955 and made his home here until his death.  He
was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church.
   Surviving are his widow in Bonners Ferry; two sons, Claude W. Chappell, Jr.,
Portland, Ore., and Jack P. Chappell, in Washington state; six daughters, Mrs.
Catherine Foos and Mrs. Lucy Jaton of Madison, S. Dak., Mrs. Elizabeth Darling,
Rapid City, S. Dak., Mrs. Margaret Richards, Newport, Wash., and Mrs. Mary Irwin
and Mrs. Georgia MacDonald, both of Bonners Ferry; also 30 grandchildren and 50
great grandchildren.
   Funeral services were conducted last Saturday at the First Methodist church,
with Rev. Wesley Arms officiating.  Interment under the direction of Hillcrest
Memorial Chapoel, was in Grandview cemetery.  Pallbearers were Ernest Eddy, Gene
Barber, Dean Casey, Clyde Bisbey, M. E. Shelman and Roy Dunning.


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