Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-30
Lee Nuffer Dies
Of Heart Attack:
On Fishing Trip
Was Prominent In
Legal and Lodge
Circles i'm County
BY MARGUERITE BROOKS

I'll CelIfallS STleVeQ M on
day over the sudden death
of Lee Nuffer, 47-vear-old
attornev, who was the victim of
heart attack late Saturday while on
a fishing expedition near the Dahlia
canal heading southwest of FL Gen.
tro.
He went fishing with his brother.
Allen p. Nuffer, and was stricken
while still sitting in the car in which
they had Travelled to the canal. The
attorney called to his brother, then
fell from the car He was dead
when his brother reached him from
point a short distance from the
machine.
Funeral services will be held at
the Lemons Wiley chapel in Ell Gem
tro at 2 p. m. Wednesday. The Rev
Hayden Sears of the First Methodist
church will preach the funeral SER
mon. The Elks ritual will be follow
ed at the services in the chapel with
American Legion burial ceremonies
at Evergreen cemetery.
PROMINENT ELK
Nuffer was a prominent member
of the Ell Centre lodge of Elks,
known to Elks throughout Califor-
mia and Arizona and was to become
grand lodge official soon.
The ritual at the chapel will be
presented by past exalted rulers
Norman Deaton will serve as exalt-
ed ruler, Fred Nebel-Thau as esteem
ed leading knight, Leslie F. Rogers as
esteemed loyal Knight, Neal Gavin
as esteemed 1ecturing knight, Harry
Horton as esquire, H. G.. Tackett as
chaplain, and Elton B. Christian as
secretary They will be assisted by
Past Exalted Rulers Charles E. Pit
zer, M. w. Conkling, Mark Wash
burn, Clyde " Hill, Henry Swanson,
Cal D. Rector, Charles A. Bratton
and H. L. Bush.
Pail bearers will include Judges
Vaughn N. Thompson and Elmer
Heald of Imperial county superior
court, d. B. Roberts, r. B. White
law, E. B. Patterson, and Harry
Horton, all members of the Imperial
County Bar association. Other bar
association members will serve as
honorary pail bearers.
Some time ago Nuffer said he
wanted Earl Roberts, past exalted
ruler of the CaleXico Elks lodge, to
sing at his funeral. His request will
be granted and Mrs. Chancellor Liv-
ingston of FL Centre will play the
accompanimentS.
WIDELY KNOWN
Lee Nutter was one of the be-
loved Ell Centrans and was known
and liked throughout Imperial VAL
ley. He was famous for his good
disposition, for his unfailing zest
for living, for his wit and humor,
and for his wide diversity of inter-
eStS. He enjoyed everything he did,
whether it WIS in his work or in the
entertainment line. He especially
was interested in sports and ath-
letics, an interest which began in
his high school days in Ell Centro
whe nhe was one of the athletic
stars. Hunting and fishing always
interested him.
The attorney was born at Hen
fietta, 1leT.as, January %, 1898,
the family coming originally from
Kansas. The family moved to Or
ange when he was three years of
age and to Ell Centro when he was
ready to enter the high school.
He entered the law school at the
University of California at Berke-
ley, leaving the university before he
completed his course to enlist in the
navy during the first World War
After the war he returned to the
university to finish his law course
and obtain his law degree. He was
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