Clifford A. Hawk, 50, was a popular auctioneer of Effingham and a partner in the Community Auction Co. of Atchison, died at 3 o'clock yesterday morning at the Atchison hospital, where he had been a patient since Tuesday.Friday he submitted to an operation for gallstones and complications. He became seriously ill February 19. For 30 years Mr. Hawk was one of the county's leading auctioneers and was widely known. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Effingham Methodist Church, the Rev. Phonce Mitchell officiating. Interment will be inthe Effingham cemetery. The pallbearers will be George Domann, E. R. Taliaferro, C. J. Hegarty, William Cormode, Charles Hargrove and H. L. McLenon. Honorary pallbearers: C. E. Sells, J. E. Stewart, Sam Estes, E. B. Niemann, Riley English and E.C. Donahoo.
Clifford Alverton Hawk was the youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Hawk and was born August 16, 1891 on a farm 2 ½ miles north of Effingham. He attended Sunny Hill school and graduated from the Missouri Auction college in 1911. December 17, 1911 he married Miss Jennie Smith. The couple began housekeeping on the farm where he was born. After 25 years spent on farms in the vicinity, the family moved to Effingham in 1937. Mr. Hawk united with the Lutheran church early in life and was a member of the Modern Woodman and Odd Fellow lodges of Effingham and the Encampment of Horton. Five years ago he received his 25-year jewel as an Odd Fellow, one of the youngest in Kansas so honored. Sixteen years he was clerk of school district No. 29. One of his ambitions was to have his son, Wilson Hawk, join him in the auctioneering business and it was realized. C. A. Hawk was very successful in his line and established a large business. A man of big frame and handsome, Mr. Hawk was a striking figure on the auctioneering block. He was jovial by nature and injected much good humor into his sales talks.
C. A. Hawk was a man of integrity and kindness, a good neighbor and helped many a person in times of stress. He loved children and was a devoted husband and father. Surviving are his wife and son, Wilson S. Hawk, of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Spencer Underwood, Atchison; three sisters, Mrs. J. R. Foster, Monrovia, Mrs. Herbert Happel, Effingham and Mrs. C. P. Higley, Muscotah; two brothers, C. C. Hawk, Shawnee, Okla . and Robert Hawk, Effingham and a granddaughter, Ann Underwood, Atchison. Four brothers, Fred J. Hawk, Homer Hawk, John D. Hawk and Wilbur C. Hawk preceded him in death.
Clifford Alverton Hawk was the youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Hawk and was born August 16, 1891 on a farm 2 ½ miles north of Effingham. He attended Sunny Hill school and graduated from the Missouri Auction college in 1911. December 17, 1911 he married Miss Jennie Smith. The couple began housekeeping on the farm where he was born. After 25 years spent on farms in the vicinity, the family moved to Effingham in 1937. Mr. Hawk united with the Lutheran church early in life and was a member of the Modern Woodman and Odd Fellow lodges of Effingham and the Encampment of Horton. Five years ago he received his 25-year jewel as an Odd Fellow, one of the youngest in Kansas so honored. Sixteen years he was clerk of school district No. 29. One of his ambitions was to have his son, Wilson Hawk, join him in the auctioneering business and it was realized. C. A. Hawk was very successful in his line and established a large business. A man of big frame and handsome, Mr. Hawk was a striking figure on the auctioneering block. He was jovial by nature and injected much good humor into his sales talks.
C. A. Hawk was a man of integrity and kindness, a good neighbor and helped many a person in times of stress. He loved children and was a devoted husband and father. Surviving are his wife and son, Wilson S. Hawk, of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Spencer Underwood, Atchison; three sisters, Mrs. J. R. Foster, Monrovia, Mrs. Herbert Happel, Effingham and Mrs. C. P. Higley, Muscotah; two brothers, C. C. Hawk, Shawnee, Okla . and Robert Hawk, Effingham and a granddaughter, Ann Underwood, Atchison. Four brothers, Fred J. Hawk, Homer Hawk, John D. Hawk and Wilbur C. Hawk preceded him in death.
Clifford A. Hawk, 50, was a popular auctioneer of Effingham and a partner in the Community Auction Co. of Atchison, died at 3 o'clock yesterday morning at the Atchison hospital, where he had been a patient since Tuesday.Friday he submitted to an operation for gallstones and complications. He became seriously ill February 19. For 30 years Mr. Hawk was one of the county's leading auctioneers and was widely known. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Effingham Methodist Church, the Rev. Phonce Mitchell officiating. Interment will be inthe Effingham cemetery. The pallbearers will be George Domann, E. R. Taliaferro, C. J. Hegarty, William Cormode, Charles Hargrove and H. L. McLenon. Honorary pallbearers: C. E. Sells, J. E. Stewart, Sam Estes, E. B. Niemann, Riley English and E.C. Donahoo.
Clifford Alverton Hawk was the youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Hawk and was born August 16, 1891 on a farm 2 ½ miles north of Effingham. He attended Sunny Hill school and graduated from the Missouri Auction college in 1911. December 17, 1911 he married Miss Jennie Smith. The couple began housekeeping on the farm where he was born. After 25 years spent on farms in the vicinity, the family moved to Effingham in 1937. Mr. Hawk united with the Lutheran church early in life and was a member of the Modern Woodman and Odd Fellow lodges of Effingham and the Encampment of Horton. Five years ago he received his 25-year jewel as an Odd Fellow, one of the youngest in Kansas so honored. Sixteen years he was clerk of school district No. 29. One of his ambitions was to have his son, Wilson Hawk, join him in the auctioneering business and it was realized. C. A. Hawk was very successful in his line and established a large business. A man of big frame and handsome, Mr. Hawk was a striking figure on the auctioneering block. He was jovial by nature and injected much good humor into his sales talks.
C. A. Hawk was a man of integrity and kindness, a good neighbor and helped many a person in times of stress. He loved children and was a devoted husband and father. Surviving are his wife and son, Wilson S. Hawk, of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Spencer Underwood, Atchison; three sisters, Mrs. J. R. Foster, Monrovia, Mrs. Herbert Happel, Effingham and Mrs. C. P. Higley, Muscotah; two brothers, C. C. Hawk, Shawnee, Okla . and Robert Hawk, Effingham and a granddaughter, Ann Underwood, Atchison. Four brothers, Fred J. Hawk, Homer Hawk, John D. Hawk and Wilbur C. Hawk preceded him in death.
Clifford Alverton Hawk was the youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Hawk and was born August 16, 1891 on a farm 2 ½ miles north of Effingham. He attended Sunny Hill school and graduated from the Missouri Auction college in 1911. December 17, 1911 he married Miss Jennie Smith. The couple began housekeeping on the farm where he was born. After 25 years spent on farms in the vicinity, the family moved to Effingham in 1937. Mr. Hawk united with the Lutheran church early in life and was a member of the Modern Woodman and Odd Fellow lodges of Effingham and the Encampment of Horton. Five years ago he received his 25-year jewel as an Odd Fellow, one of the youngest in Kansas so honored. Sixteen years he was clerk of school district No. 29. One of his ambitions was to have his son, Wilson Hawk, join him in the auctioneering business and it was realized. C. A. Hawk was very successful in his line and established a large business. A man of big frame and handsome, Mr. Hawk was a striking figure on the auctioneering block. He was jovial by nature and injected much good humor into his sales talks.
C. A. Hawk was a man of integrity and kindness, a good neighbor and helped many a person in times of stress. He loved children and was a devoted husband and father. Surviving are his wife and son, Wilson S. Hawk, of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Spencer Underwood, Atchison; three sisters, Mrs. J. R. Foster, Monrovia, Mrs. Herbert Happel, Effingham and Mrs. C. P. Higley, Muscotah; two brothers, C. C. Hawk, Shawnee, Okla . and Robert Hawk, Effingham and a granddaughter, Ann Underwood, Atchison. Four brothers, Fred J. Hawk, Homer Hawk, John D. Hawk and Wilbur C. Hawk preceded him in death.
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