Clement, Laura B. (Hayes) 1859-1931

HAYES, CLEMENT, KINNEY, STIER, MCCALL, FERGUSON, SWANSON, BELT, DICKERSON, RALEY

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Date: 5/15/2004 at 15:27:12

County Pioneer Dies Last Night
Mrs. W. D. Clement Dies at Home Near Metz, Following Short Illness.

Metz, Nov. 4. - Special to The Newton Daily News - Mrs. W. D. Clement died last evening at her home three miles west of Metz, her death following an illness of only a few minutes. Funeral arrangements have not bee completed, but they will be held in Colfax.

Mrs. Clement, who was about 75 years old, was taken suddenly ill last evening following dinner and died before a doctor could be called. The cause of her death has not been determined.

She is a pioneer resident of the county, being born here on March 25, 1859. She was Laura Bell Hays before her marriage to W. D. Clement. There were five children born to this union, tow of whom preceded her in death.

Those surviving include her husband, two sons, James and Percy of near Colfax and a daughter, Lucinda, a brother, Harrison Hays of Newton, seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. ~ The Newton Daily News, November 4, 1931, page 1.

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Clement Rites To Be Held At Colfax Today

Metz, Nov 5. - Special to The Daily News. - Funeral services for Mrs. W. D. Clement, who died at her home Tuesday evening of cerebral hemorrhage, were held this afternoon at the home. Mrs. Willis Campbell, east of Colfax with the Rev. McDonald of the Methodist church of Colfax in charge. Interment will be made in the Rorabaugh cemetery.

Mrs. Clement is survived by one daughter, Mrs. W. M. Kinney of Spooner, Wis., eight grandchildren, Mrs. Opal Stier of Valeria, Mrs. Nellie McCall of Des Moines, W. F. Ferguson of Spooner, Wis., Geraldine Kinney of Spooner, Eldon Clement of Dunlap, Mrs. Elma Swanson, Mrs. Ruth Belt of Lakeview and Mrs. Laura Dickerson, Colfax; six great grandchildren, Lawrence Dickerson of Colfax, Elaine Stier, Valeria, Lloyd Stier of Valeria, Donald and Arnold Ferguson and Joyce Raley of Spooner. ~ The Newton Daily News, November 5, 1931.
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Obituaries 1920-1940 taken from the files of the Prairie City News, Prairie City, Iowa, page 53.

Laura Hayes was born in Wisconsin, in 1859, and died near Metz, Jasper County, November 3, 1931.

Married W. D. Clement on February 17, 1879, near Rhodes Ia.

Burial in Rorabaugh Cemetery, N. E. of Prairie City.
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The Following added 19 May 2015.

Mrs. W. D. Clement, Pioneer, Died Nov. 3

Funeral Services were Held Thursday Afternoon at Home

The sudden death of Mrs. W. D. Clement on the evening of November 3rd, at her home near Metz, came as a shock to her many friends throughout this part of the country.

Mrs. W. D. Clement was taken ill shortly after supper and passed away before medical aid could reach her. She was seventy-two years of age at the time of her death.

Laura Hayes Clement was born in Wisconsin in the year 1859 and moved to Iowa with her parents when she was a very small girl. The early part of her girlhood days were spent in Clear Creek Township.

She was united in marriage to W. D. Clement, February 17, 1879, near Rhodes, Iowa. To this union was born six children; five boys and one girl; three of whom survive their mother, Percy and James Clement, both of Prairie City and Lucinda Kinney of Spooner, Wis.

All of the nearly 55 years of married life was spent in Jasper County, except eight years of residence in South Dakota, where Mr. Clements was in business.

Mrs. Clement’s death was a shock to the immediate family and neighbors, for though not in the best of health she had been as well as usual for her. Her sudden death came following a cerebral hemorrhage, a result of high blood pressure, after a busy day.

She was a good wife and mother and will be greatly missed by those who knew her best.

She leaves beside her husband and two sons and one daughter, ten grand children, eight great grandchildren together with other relatives and a host of friends.

Funeral services were held Thursday from the home with Rev. L. C. McDonald of the Methodist Church, in charge. Interment was made at the Rorabaugh Cemetery. ~ The Colfax Tribune, Colfax, Iowa Thurs 12 Nov 1931.