THE ST AUGUSTINE RECORD
St Augustine, Florida
Friday, January 5, 1979CLAUDE G VARN DIES; SERVICES TO BE MONDAY
Claude G Varn of St Augustine, a pioneer developer of what is now ocean highway A1A which opened up the coastal area between St Johns and Volusia counties, died early today in Flagler Hospital.
Varn, an attorney and developer, who vision resulted in construction of the first bridge across Matanzas Inlet shortening the route between St Augustine and Daytona Beach and opened up a vast area of the northeast Florida coastline for development, was honored in 1964 when the Florida Legislature directed that the present Matanzas Inlet span be named for him.
Varn was instrumental in the construction of the first span across the inlet, which first opened as a toll bridge and later was taken over by the State Road Department, and in extension of the coastal highway in that area.
Born in Fort Meade, he had been a resident of St Augustine for the past 35 years. He resided at 200 N Matanzas Blvd.
He had been a member of the Florida Bar since 1914, following his graduation from Stetson University College of Law.
He was a member of Memorial Lutheran Church. He was a member of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, and was a Mason, a Shriner and an Elk. Since 1948, he had served as a trustee of the Burt Fish Testamentary Trust which owns and operates Fish Memorial Hospital, DeLand.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday at Memorial Lutheran Church, with the Rev Harvey A Hartman, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Espanola Cemetery, Bunnell. Friends may call at the chapel of the Craig Funeral Home from 5 to 8 p.m., Sunday.
Flowers are gratefully declined, and those wishing may make a contribution, in his memory, to Memorial Lutheran Church building fund or another favorite charity.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs Mary Belle Varn, St Augustine; one son, Wilfred C Varn, Tallahassee; four daughters, Miss Corise P Varn, St Augustine, Mrs Marilyn King, Bunnell, Mrs Helen Holton, Lakeland, Mrs Marjorie Leonard, Ft Lauderdale; 10 grandchildren and three great- grandchildren.
Craig Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
THE ST AUGUSTINE RECORD
St Augustine, Florida
January 9, 1979
Funeral services for Claude G. Varn of St. Augustine were held Monday at Memorial Lutheran Church. Yarn was a pioneer developer of the coastal area south of St. Augustine and helped build the first bridge across Matanzas Inlet. The toll bridge was later taken over by the state road department, and in 1964 Varn was honored by the legislature when the present bridge there was named for him.
Mr. Varn had been a resident of St. Augustine for the past 35 years.
THE DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL
Daytona Beach, Florida
January 9, 1979
Funeral services for Claude G. Varn, 200 N. Matanzas Blvd., a developer of the area of Florida between St. Augustine and Daytona Beach and for whom the Matanzas Inlet Bridge is named, were held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, at Memorial Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Harvey A. Hartman, pastor, officiating.
Burial was in Espanola Cemetery, Bunnell. Pallbearers were James Holton, Wilfred C. Varn, George S. Varn, Robert R. Colee, Larry Filzen, James Arbogast, E. Paul Moore and Dennis King.
Mr. Varn died Friday in Flagler Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Belle Varn, St. Augustine; one son, Wilfred C. Varn, Tallahassee; four daughters, Miss Corise P. Varn, St. Augustine, Mrs. Marilyn King, Bunnell, Mrs. Helen Holton, Lakeland, Mrs. Marjorie Leonard, Ft. Lauderdale; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Craig Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
THE DELAND SUN NEWS
DeLand, Florida
Claude G. Varn, a Bert Fish Testamentary Trust trustee and former DeLand resident, died Friday morning in St. Augustine at the age of 88.
Mr. Varn, a native of Fort Meade, was associated with the DeLand law firm of Landis, Fish and Hull from 1914 to 1917. He served as Flagler County attorney from 1917 to 1936; as district price attorney for Florida with the Office of Price Administration during World War II and similarly with the Price Stabilization Board during the Korean War. He maintained law offices at Bunnell, Daytona Beach and St. Augustine.
Mr. Varn founded and owned several corporations instrumental in the development of Northeast Florida, and was active in the 1920's in furthering the construction of Ocean Shore Boulevard, now known as U.S. A1A, from St. Augustine to Daytona Beach and south.
Mr. Varn is a member of the St. Johns County Bar Association, the Florida Bar, the F & AM, the Elksand the Memorial Lutheran Church in St. Augustine.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Belle; one son, four daughters and nine grandchildren.
THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida
Thursday, January 11, 1979Claude G. Varn of St. Augustine, a pioneer developer of what is now ocean highway A1A which opened up the coastal area between St. Johns and Volusia counties, died early Friday in Flagler Hospital.
Varn, an attorney and developer, whose vision resulted in construction of the first bridge across Matanzas Inlet shortening the route between St. Augustine and Daytona Beach and opened up a vast area of the northeast Florida coastline for development, was honored in 1964 when the Florida Legislature directed that the present Matanzas Inlet span be named for him.
Varn was instrumental in the construction of the first span across the inlet, which first opened as a toll bridge and later was taken over by the State Road Department, and in extension of the coastal highway in that area. .
A native of Fort Meade, he had been a resident of St. Augustine for the past 35 years. He resided at 200 N. Matanzas Blvd.
He had been a member of the Florida Bar since 1914, following his graduation from Stetson University College of Law.
He was a member of Memorial Lutheran Church. He was a member of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, and was a Mason, a Shriner and an Elk. Since 1948, he had served as a trustee of the Burt Fish Testamentary Trust which owns and operates Fish Memorial Hospital, DeLand.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, at Memorial Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Harvey A. Hartman, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Espanola Cemetery, Bunnell.
Flowers were gratefully declined, and those wishing may make a contribution, in his memory, to Memorial Lutheran Church building fund or another favorite charity.
Survivors his wife, Mrs. Mary Belle Varn, St. Augustine; one son, Wilfred C. Varn, Tallahassee; four daughters, Miss Corise P. Varn, St. Augustine, Mrs. Marilyn King, Bunnell, Mrs. Helen Holton, Lakeland, Mrs. Marjorie Leonard, Ft. Lauderdale; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Craig Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
