NEWSPAPERS: Clara Colvig Reames, Jackson County, Oregon *************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with United States Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by noncommercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *************************************************************************** Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Elizabeth Corethers 22 July 2003 *************************************************************************** Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Friday, 15 Jul 1921, p. 1, c. 5 MRS. C. L. REAMES DIES SUDDENLY SEATTLE HOME Seattle, July 15.--The body of Mrs. Clara Colvig Reames, wife of Clarence L. Reames, former special assistant attorney general on duty here during the war period, was found early today in the kitchen of her home here. Death was due to asphyxiation, physicians said. Mr. Reames, who found the body some time after death had occurred, said his wife had apparently been making toast over a gas flame when the flame was accidentally blown out. The body will be sent to Medford, Ore., Mrs. Reames' former home, for burial. Later, police announced, Mr. Reames found a note from his wife, which he declined to turn over to officers. Chief Deputy Coroner Frank Kopefil said he would conduct a further investigation today to determine whether Mrs. Reames committed suicide. ------------- The death of Mrs. Reames came as a distinct shock to scores of friends in this city where she lived for several years, and was well known. She is a daughter of Judge William N. Colvig, and a sister of Mrs. William Warner and Mrs. Helen Gale. A brother, Vance Colvig resides in San Francisco, Calif., and another brother, Don Colvig of Klamath Falls, is expected to arrive here this evening. When the news of the tragedy arrived, William Warner left at once for Prospect, where his wife and children and Judge Colvig are spending a few weeks. They will return this afternoon. A. E. Reames, Chas. Reames and visiting relatives, were at Crater Lake, and were notified by telephone. They are returning to the city this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Reames lived in this city for a number of years, moving to Portland, and thence to Seattle, when Mr. Reames became United States district attorney. The body is expected to arrive tomorrow, when funeral arrangements will be announced. Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Saturday, 16 July 1921, p. 6, c. 1 LAST TRIBUTE TO MRS. C. L. REAMES HELD SUNDAY Seattle, July 16.--(Special to Mail Tribune.) -- "Just the story of a girl's 20 year fight against sickness. The fight is over now," Clarence L. Reames was quoted as saying after his wife was found asphyxiated in the kitchen of her home yesterday. "The note she left was just for me. There was nothing in it for the world." Many friends of the lawyer visited him, offering comfort and assistance after the police and coroner had left. ------------- The remains of Clara Colvig Reames, wife of Clarence L. Reames, who met with a tragic end at her home in Seattle yesterday morning, arrived in the city today on the afternoon train from the north. The funeral services will be held from the Perl Funeral home at 10 a.m. Sunday, with Rev. J. K. Howard of the Jacksonville Presbyterian church officiating. The interment will be in the Jacksonville cemetery. The funeral services it is expected will be largely attended as Mrs. Reames, who was reared in this county and lived for years in Medford was widely known. Her untimely end at Seattle has cast a profound gloom over large part of Jackson County. Her father, Judge Wm. N. Colvig, who arrived back in the city last night with Mrs. Wm. J. Warner, a sister of Mrs. Reames, only recently returned from spending two weeks at Seattle with her at the request of Mr. Reames, in an effort to cheer her up. Mrs. Reames had been in poor health for a long time and had undergone several serious operations, in one of which her stomach was removed. She had recently been very despondent.