Obituaries

Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Sally Tuomala Tatum of Arlington; and a brother.

Gertrude Osborn ClearfieldTeacher

Gertrude Osborn Clearfield, 88, a retired Prince George's County schoolteacher, died of respiratory failure July 28 at her home in Spring Green, Wis.

Mrs. Clearfield taught science and English for 20 years at John Hanson Junior High in Oxon Hill and Shugart Junior High in Marlow Heights. She retired in 1974.

She was born in Indianapolis and attended Earlham College in Richmond, Ind. Working as a lab technician in Indianapolis, she met her husband while drawing his blood. After marrying, they moved to the Washington area in 1949 when her husband, a clarinetist, got a job playing for the U.S. Air Force Band at Bolling Air Force Base. They lived in Rockville until 1976, when they moved to Wisconsin.

Like her mother, Mrs. Clearfield became a master quilter, and she taught classes on the art for the Montgomery County Recreation Department. She loved opera, birds, music, art and literature. She was an enthusiastic bridge player. She attended Sandy Springs Friends Meeting House.

Her husband of 39 years, Elvin Clearfield, died in 1998.

Survivors include five children, Martin Clearfield of Gillingham, Wis., Richard Clearfield of Dallas, Ronald Clearfield of Asheville, N.C., Douglas Clearfield of Bethesda and Susan Clearfield of Spring Green; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Jay HammondAlaska Governor

Jay Hammond, 83, a rugged bush pilot and hunting guide who served two terms as Alaska's governor and helped create the oil-royalty fund that dispenses dividend checks to nearly everyone in the state, died Aug. 2 at his home in Lake Clark, about 200 miles west of Anchorage. No cause of death was reported.

Mr. Hammond, who was a conservative and a conservationist, was governor from 1975 to 1982, during which oil began flowing through the Alaska pipeline.

During the Republican's time in office, Alaska's broad-based tourism industry was born, fishery stocks were revived and the Alaska Permanent Fund was created.

The fund pays nearly every adult and child in Alaska an annual share of the state's oil wealth. Last year, the payout was $919 a person.

Mr. Hammond's style combined self-deprecating humor and folksy plain-spokenness. To the outside world, the bearded, barrel-chested governor looked every bit the typical rugged Alaskan.