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Claude Edgar Warren

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Birth	:	27 Nov 1905 West Virginia, USA
Death	:	25 Jun 1981 Harrisonburg City, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Woodbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg City, USA
Coordinate	:	38.4480286, -78.8624420
Description	:	Claude E. Warren, “Coach” to two generations of Harrisonburg High athletes and sports fan, died of an apparent heart attack Thursday night. Mr. Warren was stricken about 10 p.m. at his home, 440 Ohio Ave., and was dead on arrival at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. Warren-coached Harrisonburg High basketball teams won seven state championships, and his football teams won 27 straight games in the mid-1940’s. During 39 years with the Harrisonburg school system, Mr. Warren was a coach, teacher and administrator. He came to Harrisonburg in 1930 as a coach of all sports – football, basketball,... Read More	Claude E. Warren, “Coach” to two generations of Harrisonburg High athletes and sports fan, died of an apparent heart attack Thursday night. Mr. Warren was stricken about 10 p.m. at his home, 440 Ohio Ave., and was dead on arrival at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. Warren-coached Harrisonburg High basketball teams won seven state championships, and his football teams won 27 straight games in the mid-1940’s. During 39 years with the Harrisonburg school system, Mr. Warren was a coach, teacher and administrator. He came to Harrisonburg in 1930 as a coach of all sports – football, basketball, baseball and track – at Harrisonburg High. It was not until 15 years later that he received his first assistant coach – in football. His basketball teams complied a record of 433-167 before he retired as a coach in 1963. Under Mr. Warren’s guidance, the Blue Streaks won state championships in 1933, ’34, 36’ 37’ 44’, ‘45, and ’52. He coached football until 1959. His mid-1940 teams which won 37 straight games were undefeated in 1943 and 1944. No state championships were given in football at the time. After giving up the football and basketball coaching duties, Mr. Warren remained with the city school system as athletic director at Harrisonburg High and physical education supervisor until 1971. When he retired from the school system in 1971, high school alumni and former player gave him a Cadillac at a testimonial dinner. After retiring, Mr. Warren turned to painting as a hobby and exhibited his works at a show in Harrisonburg last fall. Mr. Warren was a native of Hillsboro, W.Va., and went to Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, W.Va, of a full football scholarship. He also played baseball and basketball there. After graduating from Davis and Elkins in 1930, Mr. Warren coached two years at Shenandoah College in Dayton before coming to Harrisonburg High. In an interview last year, Mr. Warren said he had “chances to go to several other places.” But he added that after visits, he “didn’t like any of them. We’ve been as happy as we can be here and we didn’t want to go anywhere else.” His survivors include his wife, the former Frances O’Donnell, and three children. The body is at the Lindsey Harrisonburg Funeral Home, but funeral arrangements had not been completed Thursday night. Daily News Record, June 26, 1981 CLAUDE WARREN FUNERAL SUNDAY The funeral for Claude E. Warren, 75, of 440 Ohio Ave., Harrisonburg will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at Asbury United Methodist Church. Te service will be conducted by the Rev. Edward J. Taylor and Father J. Kenneth Rush. Burial will be in Woodbine Cemetery. Mr. Warren died of an apparent heart attack Thursday night. He was stricken at home and was dead on arrival at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. He was born Nov. 27, 1905 In Hillsboro, W.VA., and was a son of the late Robert Hatton and Dorcia Jane Sharp Warren. In 1930. He graduated from Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, W.Va. He coached two years at Shenandoah College in Dayton before becoming coach of all Sports at Harrisonburg High School in 1932. Mr. Warren gave up coaching in 1963 after leading HHS to seven state basketball championships and two undefeated seasons in football. He remained at the high school as athletic director and physical education supervisor until he retired in 1971. He was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church, the church’s Brotherhood Bible Class, the Rotary Club and the Harrisonburg Elks Lodge. On July 6, 1937, he married the former Frances O’Donnell, who survives. Also surviving are two sons, Charles W. Warren of Mount Crawford and James Charles Fleck of Florence, S.C.; a daughter, Jane VanPelt of Dayton; a sister, Lorena Schuyler of Annapolis, Md.; a brother, Forrest L. Warren of Chalfont, Pa.; and two granddaughters. The family will receive friends 7:30-8:30 p.m. today at the Lindsey Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family asked that contributions be made to the Claude E. Warren Scholarship Fund in Care of Rockingham National Bank’s trust department. Daily New Record, June 27, 1981

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Claude Edgar Warren death on 25 Jun 1981 in Harrisonburg City, Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 38.4480286
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