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- Niagara Gazette - 8/2/1960
A former blacksmith who
was a longtime resident of
Niagara Falls has died in Los
Angeles, Calif.
He was Clifford S. Packer,
who at the time of his death
was in his llate 80s.
Word was received here
Monday of Mr. Packer's death
o Saturday (July 27, 1960) by
the sister of his wife, Mrs.
Jacob M. Schweitzer.
Mr. Packer was born in
England and came as a boy to
Canada and almost immediate-
ly to this city.
As a youth he worked with
the local blacksmith, Peter
Thurecht, and later opened
his own blacksmith shop in
Canada. He continued in the
wor until his retirement 15
years ago, when he moved to
Los Angeles.
Surviving is his wife, Lulu
Packer.
Burial was in California.
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