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, 95, passed away Aug. 28, 2015 in Tucson, Arizona.
Born in Nevada, Missouri Jan. 7, 1920 to Bird and Sadie (Nee Foster) Huffman, he was a veteran of the US Navy.
Claude was a long time resident of Oracle, Arizona, and worked as a miner in San Manuel, Arizona.
He is survived by daughter Susan Hadley, son-in-law Russ Hadley, and daughter-in-law Judy Huffman; his grandchildren, Michele Fisher, Aaron Wilbanks, Tammy Sanchez, Barbara Quiros, Kimmy Cook, Tracy Starling, Carl Huffman, Claude Huffman, Samantha Huffman, Ryan Huffman and Joey Miller, as well as numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Claude was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 72 years Ethel Huffman and his two sons Larry and Carl Huffman.
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