[The following obituary was published in January 1938 in an unidentified newspaper near Bogard, Missouri:]

C. E. Wagaman, Bogard Business Man Dead
By Bogard Correspondent

Clarence E. Wagaman, a highly esteemed citizen of Bogard, passed away Monday afternoon, following an operation at the South Side hospital in Carrollton.

He had been in ill health for a number of years. Despite his complication of diseases he remained at work most of the time. Sunday he felt much worse and was taken to Carrollton where the operation was performed the same day, death following Monday.

Clarence Edgar Wagaman, son of Hastings Mark and Louesa (Hornung) Wagaman, was born Dec. 4, 1884 on the farm now owned by H.D. Wagaman, and later moved to Bogard, where for twenty-five years he has been a Jeweler and Optometrist.

On July 24, 1918 he was united in marriage with Miss Lena Youmans, who survives. To this union four children were born, three of whom survive: Marguerite, a student at C. B. C. at Chillicothe, [Living] and Edsel of the home. The other child, Londel, died when an infant. Other survivors are three sisters and three brothers: H. D. Wagaman, south of Bogard; Mrs. Gertrude Benson of Bogard, Mrs. Lewis O’Neal, Mrs. Charlie Vaughn, north of Bogard, Jess L. and Earl Wagaman of Bogard.

His father preceded him in death in 1922, and his mother in 1921. He is also survived by a number of nieces and nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.

Early in life he united with the Rock Hill Church of Christ and after moving to Bogard united with the Church of Christ organization in Bogard and has always taken an active part in the work, especially as choirster and teacher, and his singing was always wanted at funerals.

The deceased has been an honest upright citizen, an efficient merchant, a member of the town concert band for years, and was ever ready to help others in every way he could.

He was faithful husband, devoted father, dutiful son, a kind brother, good neighbor and friend, and will be greatly missed in numerous ways.

The funeral was delayed until Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, awating the recovery of his two sons who were suffering with tonsilitis. Services were held at the Methodist church.
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Missouri Death Certificate #2323

Clarence Edgar Wagaman
White Married Male
Birth: Dec 4, 1884 in Bogard, Carroll Co., Mo.
Death: Jan 10, 1938 in Carrollton, Carroll Co., Mo.
Age: 53 yr, 1 mo, 6 da
Occupation: Merchant
Father: Hastings Wagaman, born in Kentucky
Mother: Horning, born in Missouri
Informant: Mrs. Lena Wagaman of Bogard, MO
Burial: Jan. 13, 1938 at Mt. Zion
Cause of Death: Septic Appendicitis, Peritonitis
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Memories of Clarence Edgar Wagaman
by his children, Marguerite (Wagaman) Trabon and Charles Edsel Wagaman

Clarence was a licensed optometrist, with a Doctor of Optics degree completed in 1896 at Northern Illinois College of Opthalmology and Otology in Chicago. He also completed a horology course (clocks) by correspondence from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. His jewelry and optometry business was in downtown Bogard between the barber shop and the Bogard Dispatch newspaper office.

Clarence had dark red hair and blue eyes. He led the a cappella singing at church. He was very knowledgeable about health, nutrition, medications, etc., and his family ate nothing but healthful food.

The Clarence Wagaman family lived in a bungalow in southwest Bogard, the last house on Campbell Street at the corner of 8th Street. There was a barn, chicken house, outhouse, garage, and a "honey house" where Clarence kept his bee-keeping and gardening equipment. These buildings were on the half-block lot that included a pasture, a large garden and an orchard with many fruit trees and bee hives. The house's bathroom had a bathtub and nothing else, no running water. Bathing required heating water on the stove and carrying it in buckets to the bathtub. The house was heated by a free standing coal stove in the dining room.