Clement, Earl 1896-1972

CLEMENT, SWANSON, KLINE, CAVITT, FLEENER, STROVERS, CURTIS

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 3/28/2005 at 16:30:35

Earl Clement Dies Friday; Rites Today

Funeral services for Earl Clement, 75, of 312 E. 10th St. N., a resident of Newton since 1938, were held today at Toland-Wallace Funeral Home.

Donald R. Thompson, director of education of the First Lutheran Church, conducted the services. Burial was in the Veterans Section of Newton Union Cemetery.

Memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society or the memorial Cancer Society or the memorial fund of the First Lutheran Church, will be accepted.

Survivors are his wife, Elsa; four daughters, Mrs. Clyde (Phyllis) Cavitt of Newton, Mrs. Ardis Fleener of Johnson, Mrs. Lester (Doris) Strovers of Sully and Mrs. LeRoy (Frances) Curtis of Cyprus, Calif.; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a brother, Roy of Prescott, Ariz.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and two sisters.

Mr. Clement was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Newton American Legion.

He was a retired employee of the Parsons Co., where he had worked for 19 years.

The son of Stephen and Caroline Kline Clement, he was born Dec. 12, 1896 near Colfax.

He was married to Elsa Swanson May 8, 1924 at Des Moines.

He died Friday evening at Skiff Memorial Hospital. ~ The Newton Daily News, Newton Iowa, July 17, 1972, page 5.