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Note: OBITUARY - San Jose Mercury, June 16, 1973
Former M.V. Trustee Clair T. Humpal Dies of Cancer Mountain View -- Clair Tibbetts Humpal, former Mountain View Elemetary School District school board chairman, has died after a brief battle with cancer. He was 62. Humpal, 662 Sleeper Ave., was a member of the district's school board from 1956 to 1965 and was named its chairman in 1961. A native of Nebraska, he lived in the area for 30 years and worked until his recent illness as an instrument maker for Ames Research Center, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) center at Moffett Field. He was active in the Scottish Rite bodies and was a past president of its North Santa Clara County branch as well as a member of its San Jose Branch and of its drill team. He was also a member of the Sunnyvale Elks Lodge No. 2128 and was a past president of the Ames Masonic Club and a member of the Mountain View Lodge F&AM. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Doris M. Humpal of Mountain View, and children, Jerry C;. Humpal of Los Altos, Kent Humpal of Mountain View and Mrs. Leanne Morris of Arlington, Va. Also surviving is a brother, Don J. Humpal, of Los Altos, and two other brothers in Boulder, Col. He was the grandfather of two. Services will be held Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at Bishop-Jordan Funeral Chapel, 744 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto.
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