The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-05-04
Editor of
Press Died
Was Resident Of
Sank Centre During
Boyhood Days
THIRTY-SIX YEARS OLD
Well-Known In
Stearns County-Active
In Community

Clarence G.. LeMasurier, co-editor
of the Paynesville Press, and at
one time a resident of Sank Centre,
passed away Friday morning, April
21st, at 2:30 o'clock. Death came
to him following an illness of sew
eral months duration. He first be-
came i'll last June and submitted
to an operation at the Pilon Hos
pital in July, later spending ten
weeks at the Miller Hospital in st.
Paul. After he returned to his
home in Paynesville, he was able
to be up and around for a time.
but for several weeks before death
was confined to bed. He would
have been SO years of age on May
9th.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon, April %, at two
o'clock from the home and at 2:30
at St. Stephens Episcopal Church,
with the rector, Rev. Elmer E.
Johnson, CT Litchfield. in charge.
Pallbearers were six close
friends: Al Eliasen, willard
Schultz, c. J. Dunton, Herbert Kru-
ger, of Regal, c. E. Hanson and DR..
e. j. Olsen. Interment was made
in the Paynesville Cemetery, and
the Masonic burial service was
conducted by his brother Masons
of Paynesville Lodge No. II, A. F.
& A. M. J. N. Bosworth conducted
the service which was largely at
tended.
The following is the obituary as
published in the Paynesville Press:
Clarence George LeMasurier,
eldest son of George A. and Ethel
Smith LeMasurier, was born at st.
Vincent, Minnesota on May 9th,
1903. When very young he moved
with his parents to- Sank Centre
and then to Ogilvie where he grew
up. attending high school at Mia
ca. He learned the printing trade
under his father and also studied
at Dunwoody Institute in Mime
apolis. Before coming to Paynes-
vile he was associated with his
father in publishing the Detroit
Lakes Tribune. In April 1924 when
Mr.. LeMasurier, Sr. bought out the
oy llCoNIlC ICoS IIlc 1dllllly ulON-
ed here. and the two sons, Clarence
and Earle, later became partners
in the firm. Their mother died on
August 3rd, 1884 and thirteen
months later, on September Bird,
1885, their father passed away.
Since that time the two brothers
have continued in the publishing
business here.
Clarence was married to Miss
Orpha Hoskins of Eden Valley on
January IT, 1929, the ceremony be-
ing performed by Rev. Donald G.
Smith at Rice, MINI. One daugh-
ter, Diane Clare, was bern to them
on October Both, 1882. She and her
mother are the immediate survi-
vors, together with the brother
and sister-in-iaw, Mr.. and Mrs.
Earle LeMasurier.
Fifteen years is a comparatively
short span in a mans life, but we
know that because of this period
Of time Clarence spent in Paynes-
vile. he is leaving an indelible i'm
print upon the community as a
whole, and his memory will long
be cherished by all of US who knew
and loved him. Clarence's activities
in the community were manifold
he served as mayor of Paynesville
in 1886 and 1887, was a member Of
the American Legion Drum and
Bugle Corps, the Masonic Lodge,
and a vestryman of St. Stephens
Episcopal Church During the first
years CT his residence here he man.
aged his own orchestra, the Moon
light Serenaders, gaining for him
self many friends in neighboring
towns. He also served as president
of the Stearns County Publishers
Association in 1884. His interest in
sports covered a wide range-he
played on the Paynesville indepen-
dent basketball and baseball teams,
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