Wyo Death Cert #883

Rock Springs Rocket, May 8, 1930
Charles F. Hamm Dead; Ill Long

Charles F. Hamm died today at 5:50 a.m. at his home, 437 Fifth street, following a prolonged illness. Three weeks since he was threatened with a paralytic stroke and confined to his bed. Mr. Hamm’s illness was due to the after effects of influenza with which he was attacked ten years ago and from which he never fully recovered.

Decedent had made Rock Springs his home intermittently for the last 22 years, coming here at that time from Denver. He was born in Muscatine, Iowa, in June 1877 and was raised in Chicago. Since first coming to Rock Springs he has lived in Casper where he engaged in the grocery business and at Lander where he conducted a real estate business. Twelve years ago he returned to this city and for several years operated a cigar factory on K street.

Mr. Hamm is survived by his wife, who was formerly Miss Helen Young of this city; their three sons, Kenneth, Don and Governor, and a daughter, Helen Marie. His father, Charles Hamm Sr., who is 80 years old and one sister, Mrs. Margaret Grennigar, reside at Aurora, Illinois. One son and two daughters by a former marriage also survive and reside at Fresno, California.

Funeral Sunday

The funeral will be held Sunday at one p.m., from the Elks Home, with Rev. R. Emmet Abraham, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, officiating. Mr. Hamm was a member of the B.P.O. Elks, Rock Springs No. 624. Interment, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, will be in Mountain View cemetery.

Wyo Death Cert #883

Rock Springs Rocket, May 8, 1930
Charles F. Hamm Dead; Ill Long

Charles F. Hamm died today at 5:50 a.m. at his home, 437 Fifth street, following a prolonged illness. Three weeks since he was threatened with a paralytic stroke and confined to his bed. Mr. Hamm’s illness was due to the after effects of influenza with which he was attacked ten years ago and from which he never fully recovered.

Decedent had made Rock Springs his home intermittently for the last 22 years, coming here at that time from Denver. He was born in Muscatine, Iowa, in June 1877 and was raised in Chicago. Since first coming to Rock Springs he has lived in Casper where he engaged in the grocery business and at Lander where he conducted a real estate business. Twelve years ago he returned to this city and for several years operated a cigar factory on K street.

Mr. Hamm is survived by his wife, who was formerly Miss Helen Young of this city; their three sons, Kenneth, Don and Governor, and a daughter, Helen Marie. His father, Charles Hamm Sr., who is 80 years old and one sister, Mrs. Margaret Grennigar, reside at Aurora, Illinois. One son and two daughters by a former marriage also survive and reside at Fresno, California.

Funeral Sunday

The funeral will be held Sunday at one p.m., from the Elks Home, with Rev. R. Emmet Abraham, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, officiating. Mr. Hamm was a member of the B.P.O. Elks, Rock Springs No. 624. Interment, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, will be in Mountain View cemetery.