While funeral services were being held for his wife at Stryker's undertaking parlors shortly before 8 o’clock last night. Charles A. Reals, formerly treasurer of Albany county and one of the pioneers of Laramie, passed away at the Ivinson Memorial Hospital. Mr. Reals followed his wife by 48 hours, she having died from paralysis on Wednesday evening at her home.

Mr. Reals has been falling for some months and it was the worry and anxiety over the condition of her husband that hurried the death of Mrs. Reals.

Charles A. Reals was born in Onondaga county, N.Y., on October 19, 1843, being a son of William A. and Catherine (Foltz) Reals, natives of the Empire State. He was the third of a family of six children and grew to man’s estate in Onondaga county, attending the public schools in the vicinity of his home until he had attained to the age of 18 years, when he was among the first to respond to the patriotic call of President Lincoln for troops to defend the integrity of the Union, and enlisted as a member of Battery F Third New York Artillery, for service in the Union army of the civil war and he was in active service four years, until the close of the rebellion. He was in many important engagements and saw some of the greatest movements and slaughter ever seen on a field of battle but was fortunate enough to escape without serious injury and was mustered out of service as a non-commissioned officer in 1865.

Returning to New York after the war he remained there but a short time before he accepted a position on the railroad at Scranton, Pa., and thither removed with his family.

He remained there until 1869 when he removed his residence to the then territory of Wyoming. Here he entered the employ of the Union Pacific railroad as a locomotive engineer and for 29 years he continued in that position, one of the most trusted employees of the road, being frequently called for special service when unusual skill and care were required. He had the fullest confidence of his employers and the highest regard of the people of the community in which he maintained his home.

Upon the admission of Wyoming as a state in the Union, Mr. Reals was nominated and elected as a member of the First Legislative Assembly of the state and served one term in that capacity. He was a faithful and able representative of the people, devoted to the interests of his constituents. Several important measures of legislation, especially affecting the railroad interests of the state, were introduced by him and through his efforts and influence were enacted into laws. He also served as a member of the board having charge of the Wyoming Soldiers Home, being an earnest and conscientious member.

In 1898 he was nominated and elected county treasurer of Albany county, and discharged the duties of that responsible position in a manner so satisfactory to the people that in 1900 he was renominated and re-elected by an overwhelming majority. He earned a wide reputation as one of the most faithful and efficient officials of the state and his friends even talked at one time of his becoming a candidate for the office of state treasurer.

Fraternally Mr. Reals was a member of the order of Freemasons, being a thirty-third degree Mason. He also was a member of the chapter commandery and Mystic Shrine. He also belonged to the Elks, the Grand Army of the Republic and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He was twice the representative of the local division of the latter order to the international division and was held in high esteem by the brotherhood.

Mr. Reals is survived by an only son, Harry Reals, who lives in Laramie. Funeral arrangements have not been definitely decided upon, but probably will be held on Sunday afternoon.