Clement, Harry W. 1893-1932

CLEMENT, TURNER

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 5/15/2004 at 18:39:15

Harry Clement, World War Veteran
Died March 28th

Harry W. Clement, of near Metz, a world war veteran, died at the home of his parents, near Metz, Mar. 28th. Funeral services were held March 29th from the Metz church, with interment at Sugar Grove cemetery.

Harry W. Clement was born Dec. 26, 1893, near Newton, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Clement. His early life was spent near Prairie City and later in the Metz vicinity, where he grew to manhood. He was married to Lena Edna Turner on July 5, 1918, and to this union one son, John William Clement, was born.

On July 25, 1918, he enlisted in the United States Army and sailed for Europe on the Rotterdam that fall. He was ranked as a corporal, but upon his arrival in Europe he answered a call for volunteer nurses.

Injured In World War

During a gas attack, Mr. Clement was stricken with blindness in an attempt to save an officer, who had lost his gas mask. He was taken to the K. C. hospital at Bourbonne-Les-Bains where he was confined for six weeks. The gas affected his throat and lungs. He died March 28, 1932, at the home of his parents in Metz, following a lingering illness from tuberculosis.

He was converted at Metz in 1910 and became a charter member of the Baptist church. When the Baptist church was disbanded in Metz, he became a charter member of the Four Square Gospel church in Newton, with which church he was affiliated at the time of his death.

He was preceded in death by his wife, who died April 29, 1920. He is survived by a son, John William; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Clement of Metz and a brother, A. H. Clement of Boulder, Colo.

Members of the Newton post of Veterans of Foreign Wars served as pallbearers, including Lee Jones, Carl Johnson, George Minor, L. R. Mudd, O. R. Yunker and Vern Nauman. Glen Britain, Lee Rucker and L. H. Zimmerman carried the colors.

Members of the V. F. W. Auxiliary who attended the services were Mrs. Gus Wolfrank, Mrs. Charles Schwarz, Mrs. Lee Rucker, Mrs. Tom Finley, Mrs. Carl Johnson, Mrs. George Minor, Mrs. Ivan Woody, Mrs. Robert Cochrane, Mrs. Dan Pierce, Mrs. Roy Hipsley, and Mrs. James Warrick. ~ Colfax Tribune, April 7, 1932.