About Clay V. Spear
Lived 1913 – 1974 (aged 60–61). Clay V. Spear was a military personnel.
Clay V. Spear (January 10, 1913 – May 15, 1974) was an American attorney, and judge who served as a justice of the Idaho Supreme Court from 1965 to 1971.
Early life, education, and military service Born in Anaconda, Montana, In 1946, he was named head of the VFW of Coeur d'Alene. A resident of Coeur d'Alene at the time, he was the only member of the court from northern Idaho. Spear retired from the court in December 1971 due to poor health, relocated to Lewiston in 1972, and opened a part-time law practice.
Death Spear "was found dead of a shotgun wound at his home", in an apparent suicide at age 61.
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Clay V. Spear was born on 10 January 1913.
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