Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Clayton E. Foreman ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Clayton "Gramps" E. Foreman
LAST NAME: Foreman FIRST NAME: Clayton MIDDLE NAME: E. NICKNAME: Gramps
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mr. GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 28 Mar 1908 DIED: 18 May 1995 BURIED: May 1995
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Kennedy's Cleaners - Owner/Operator
BIRTH PLACE:  Illinois
DEATH PLACE: Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
1910 IL CENSUS - Clayton E. Foreman, age 8, b. Illinois, is enumerated with Roy, age 24, occupation farmer, b. Illinois, and his wife of 4 years, Grace, age 20, b. Illinois.
1930 OR CENSUS - Clayton E. Forman, age 22, b. Illinois, is enumerated with Roy F., age 42, occupation cleaners and dryers manager,  b. Illinois, and Grace, age 35, occupation cleaners and dyers clerk, b. Illinois, along with Truxton L., age 17, b. Illinois.  Also enumerated with the family is Mary H. Scarborough, identified as mother-in-law [of Roy], age 72, widowed, b. Illinois.
OBITUARY: 
Clayton E. ‘Gramps’ Foreman
March 28, 1908- May 18, 1995
Clayton E. Foreman, 87, of Salem died Thursday.
An Illinois native, he lived in Hood River and moved to Salem in 1926. He owned and operated Kennedy’s Cleaners in Salem for 40 years, retiring in 1974. He had worked for Bill Hoffman Chevrolet in Molalla since 1979.
He belonged to the Elks and Phi Delta Theta fraternity at Oregon State University. His interests included sports and playing pinochle.
Survivors include wife, Kathryn E.; daughter, Judith Hoffman of Keizer; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Private family services will be held. Private interment will be in the Salem Pioneer Cemetery. Arrangements are by Virgil T. Golden mortuary. Contributions may be made to the American Lung Association, 9320 S.W. Barbur Blvd., Suite 140, Portland 97219-5430 or the American Heart Association, Oregon Affiliate, 1425 N.E. Irving No. 100, Portland 97232-4201.
Statesman Journal 19 May 1995 B7:6
INSCRIPTION: 
No stone - mortuary marker - Clayton E. Foreman, B. 3/28/1908 - D. 5/18/1995, age 87.
SOURCES: 
Saucy
1910 IL CENSUS (Pike Co., Detroit, ED 126, sheet 8B)
1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 56, sheet 2A)
19 May 1995 B7:6
CONTACTS: 
LOT: 508 SPACE: 2 SE LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.226' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.860'