Clyde Ernest Negley, 50 of 909 S. Fourth St., died suddenly of a heart attack at 12:45 a.m. Thursday at West Point. Mr. Negley, and engineer for the North Western Railroad had reached West Point while on the job and, feeling ill, got off the locomotive. He collapsed on the station platform. Mr. Negley was born May 17, 1908, at Hooper, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Elvin (Arthur) Negley. He was reared at Hooper and Norfolk, coming to Norfolk in 1917. Jan. 30, 1937, he was married to the former Miss Vida Huston, at Sulphur, Okla. He was employed in the bridge and buildings department of the North Western Railroad from June 6, 1936 to Feb. 15, 1943. July 18, 1944 he was employed by the North Western as a locomotive fireman and in July 26, 1948, was promoted to a locomotive engineer. Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Warren Larsen of Omaha; one grandson, and two brothers, Ernest of Norfolk and Byron of Jacksonville, Fla.
Clyde Ernest Negley, 50 of 909 S. Fourth St., died suddenly of a heart attack at 12:45 a.m. Thursday at West Point. Mr. Negley, and engineer for the North Western Railroad had reached West Point while on the job and, feeling ill, got off the locomotive. He collapsed on the station platform. Mr. Negley was born May 17, 1908, at Hooper, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Elvin (Arthur) Negley. He was reared at Hooper and Norfolk, coming to Norfolk in 1917. Jan. 30, 1937, he was married to the former Miss Vida Huston, at Sulphur, Okla. He was employed in the bridge and buildings department of the North Western Railroad from June 6, 1936 to Feb. 15, 1943. July 18, 1944 he was employed by the North Western as a locomotive fireman and in July 26, 1948, was promoted to a locomotive engineer. Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Warren Larsen of Omaha; one grandson, and two brothers, Ernest of Norfolk and Byron of Jacksonville, Fla.
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