From the Press-Tribune - Roseville, CA
January 1970
 Claude Austin Bennett, 80, of 326 Irene Ave., a native of Minnesota and resident of Roseville 52 years, died Monday.
 He was a retired carman for the Southern Pacific, a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America, No. 510 and a member of Roseville Elks Lodge No. 2248.
 Survivors include a nephew, Virgil Thoroughman of Rocklin; a sister-in-law, Mrs Alice Applebee, Santa Ana, and a devoted friend, Harry Karns of Citrus Heights.
 Funeral services will be tomorrow at 2 P.M. at the Lambert Funeral Home, 400 Douglas Blvd., with officers of the Elks Lodge officiating.  Burial will be in the Roseville Cemetery.

 

Extra Note:
According to death certificate Claude came to California from Oklahoma in 1912 and to Placer County in 1918.