PUFFER, Clayton Linville

1921 - 1979  (57 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Clayton Linville
  Birth	21 Dec 1921	Williston, ND   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 3842549 Sect. 7, Site 44
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 3842549 Sect. 7, Site 44
  _COLOR	11
  Death	12 Jul 1979	Hemet, CA   [1]
  Burial	Riverside, CA   [2]
  	Address: Riverside National Cemetery
  	Section 7, Site 44
  Person ID	I7474	Puffers
  Last Modified	24 May 2022

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Hugh Archer,   b. 22 May 1897, Glendive, MT d. 6 Feb 1955, San Francisco, CA (Age 57 years)
  Mother	LEVITT, Gladys Merville,   b. 15 Jan 1898, New Weston, OH d. 2 Sep 1983, Rialto, CA (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	1 Aug 1917	Glendive, MT   [3]
  Residence	1950	Babbitt, NV   [4]
  Family ID	F8359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	HOBBS, Nellie,   b. 1923, Henderson, NV d. 1 Jun 1969, NV (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F1971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	SHUMAKER, Beulah Alice,   b. 6 Jul 1915, MO d. 14 Sep 1985, Las Vegas, NV (Age 70 years)
  Residence	1950	Los Angeles, CA   [5]
  	A civil engineer
  Divorce	28 Aug 1969	Clark County, NV
  Family ID	F16139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 3	VIALL, Ellen Jane,   b. 5 Jan 1923, Williams, ND d. 8 Dec 1994 (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	8 Feb 1940	Sheridan, MT   [6]
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F1972	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 4	Living
  Family ID	F1970	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 5	Living
  Family ID	F15105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  WWII Veteran, US Navy, Fireman First Class He was known as "Puffer Puffer" and was a semi-popular race car driver having entered the Indy 500 in 1952. He did not start the race. There was no record of Puffer even qualifying for the event, so there is some doubt if the driver was ever really on the starting grid. He ran speed trials on the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1950 and pushed his car, The City of Pasadena, to over 200 MPH before it went airborne and crashed. He survived with just cuts and bruises.

  
  

• Sources

  [S235] California Death Index, 1940-1997. [S1323] US Veteran's Gravesites, 1775-2019. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Reno Gazette-Journal, Reno, NV, 10 Feb 1955, page 18. [S1403] _1950 United States Federal Census. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, WY, 27 Feb 2006, page 11. [S707] Montana County Marriages, 1865-1950.