Clyde C. Paddleford
BODY CREMATED; ASHES BROUGHT TO NILES FOR BURIAL
Following is a clipping from the Chicago Evening Post of July 16:
"With the death of Clyde C. Paddleford, president of Flossmoor Country club, the game lost one of its stanchest supporters, and thousands of golfers a true friend. Mr. Paddleford was, in many respects, one of the most remarkable men that we ever knew. He was deeply interested in everything that pertained to golf and took a keen interest in the politics of the Western Golf association. He was a director of the association for several years and served as treasurer during 1914, 1915 and 1916, and he could always be found back of anything that might help to advance the best interests of the game.
Mr. Paddleford was one of the quietest men that we knew, and his influence was felt rather than heard, but nothing has happened in western golf for many years that you did not find Clyde Paddleford right there boosting everything that he believed would prove to be for the best interest of the game. A thorough sportsman and a keen golfer, he stood for all that is ideal in life and his place in western golf will be heard to fill."
The ashes of Mr. Paddleford were brought to this city Saturday and interred in the family lot of J. George Deutsch at Silver Brook cemetery. Mrs. Paddleford was formerly Mrs. Martha Millard and a sister of the Misses Mina and Addie Deutsch of this city.
(Source: Niles Daily Star, August, 5, 1918, page 4, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library)