SINGER HERE SINCE WAR.
George Youngclaus, Formerly a Gen-
eral Contractor, Is Dead.
George Youngclaus, Formerly a General Contractor, Is Dead.
George Youngclaus, 67 years old, who was a choir singer in the old Southern Methodist church before it was torn down years ago, and known as a tenor singer in this city since the civil war, died yesterday at his home, 1016 Cherry street. Mr. Youngclaus is survived by a widow, Elma Youngclaus, and three sons, Herbert, Robert and George Youngclaus, all living in Kansas city. He was born in St. Johns, New Brunswick, his parents having come there from the Shetland Islands. He came to this city from Pittsfield, Mass., in 1869, the year the Hannibal bridge was completed, and engaged in general contracting.
Mr. Youngclaus had a fine tenor voice and was often heard in social gatherings and in church events. He was a member of the Epperson megaphone minstrels.
Funeral services will be from the home at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Burial in Union cemetery.
