Chas. E. Hammer, Local Contractor, Dies
Sunday night when Mrs. Charles E. Hammer and son, Carl Hammer, who had been visiting friends in the country, returned to their home on Folsom street, they found Mr. Hammer dead in their garage. Death had apparently resulted from a heart attachk while he was engaged in working on his car. He was sitting on the running board when his lifeless body was discovered about 9:30 o'clock. A physician who was called pronounced death due to natural causes. Later the body was removed to Sticklin's Mortuary.
Mr. Hammer, who was 67 years old, had resided in Chehalis the past five years, coming here from Butte, Mont., where he had previously been engaged in an extenssive way in the mining game. Since residing at Chehalis he had been engaged as a state highway contractor and had been interested in several large jobs for the state.
Mr. Hammer is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elvina Hammer, and son, Carl Hammer, and a brother, Bert Hammer of Chehalis; three daughters, Mrs. Jennie Cannon and Mrs. Carl Franson of Butte and Mrs. W. C. Pierce of Great Falls, Mont.; a sister, Mrs. Tilda Swanson of San Francisco; a brother and a sister in Norway; and six grandchildren.
Source: The Chehalis Bee-Nugget, Friday, 12 Dec 1930, p. 21.
[Editor's Note: Charles E. Hammer is buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Centralia, Lewis Co., WA.]
Transcribed by Jenny Tenlen. She has no further information on this individual.