Talk:Claude Degler

1940 Census Record

Claude Degler's draft card

Determining a person's status

Spent a few hours in early 2021 trying to determine if Claude was dead or alive. As he'd be over 100, it really looks unlikely.

A few hours of searching on ancestry.com and on the Internet in general didn't solve this question. The possibilities for Degler seem to be

• Degler died a long time ago
• He changed his name

Virgil Smith's Obituary, 1974, mentioning Mrs. Claude Degler

Alta Doris Smith Degler's Obituary, 1995

Divorce and "widowed"

I'm not an expert in genealogical research, but would his wife's death certificate say "widowed" if there was some possibility they had gotten divorced? Ben Ostrowsky (talk) 09:13, 11 February 2022 (PST)