1900 census shows Emily as adopted
1910 census shows James as adopted
Peninsula Daily News (Port Angeles, WA)
March 11, 2003Mr Robert John Claus, 90
Nov. 21, 1912 -- March 5, 2003Longtime Port Ludlow resident Robert John Claus died in Olympic Medical Center, Port Angeles, at age 90.
He was born in Rochester, N.Y., to John Christopher and Elizabeth (Young) Claus and attended the University of Alaska.
Mr. Claus was a longtime merchant, civic leader and philanthropist in Fairbanks, Alaska, before his retirement and relocation to Hawaii in 1974. He moved to Port Ludlow in 1978.
Mr. Claus was an experienced bush pilot and naturalist.
In 1942, he married Mary Gould at Fairbanks, Alaska. After 56 years of marriage, she died July 28, 1998.
Mr. Claus is survived by brother and sister-in-law Gerald and Frances Claus, niece Carla San Antonio and nephew Michael Jordan, all of Sequim; and niece Pat Robinson of Pittsford, N.Y.