The Idaho Statesman - Page 18, 14 Jun 1962

Claude A. (Shorty) Bourdette, 72, of 2023 North Eighteenth Street, died of an apparent heart seizure at The Statesman building Wednesday noon. He had been in ill health for several months.

Born December 1, 1889, at Carthage, Missouri, he married Myrtle Bower in Manhattan, Kansas at the age of 19. He moved from Kansas to Idaho in February of 1919 and married Florence Rogers at Weiser in August of 1934. Mrs. Bourdette died in January of 1962.

Mr. Bourdette was a retired printer, having worked for The Statesman from 1942 until his retirement two years ago. He was a member of the International Typographical Union No. 271 of Boise.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Irene Warner of San Francisco and Mrs. Marcille O'Connell and Mrs. Gloria Adamson, both of Boise; 14 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. at Summers Chapel with Rev. Newell Morgan officiating. Interment will be in Morris Hill.

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