Clement, Elsa (Swanson) 1903-1961

CLEMENT, SWANSON, CAVITT, VLEENER, STROVERS, CURTIS

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 3/28/2005 at 16:44:07

Elsa T. Clement dies Wednesday; rites Saturday

Mrs. Earl (Elsa Theresia) Clement, 77, of 312 E. 10th ST. N., a resident of Newton sicne 1938, died Wednesday afternoon at the Skiff Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Wallace Funeral Home.

The Rev. H. Eugene Cedarholm, pastor of the First Lutheran Church, will conduct services. Burial will be in the Veterans Section of the Newton Union Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Wallace Funeral Home after 10 a.m. Friday.

Family visitation will be held at the Wallace Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.

Memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society or a organization of the donor’s choice will be accepted. Memorials may be left at the Wallace Funeral Home.

Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Clyde (Phyllis) Cavitt of Newton, Mrs. Dale (Ardis) Fleener of Willcox, Ariz., Mrs. Lester (Doris) Strovers of Sully and Mrs. LeRoy (Francis) Curtis of Buena Park, Calif.; 14 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Hansen of Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. Anna Olson of Las Vegas, Nev.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband July 14, 1972, and five brothers and sisters. Mrs. Clement was a member of the First Lutheran Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Jasper County Senior Citizens, Aloha Club and the Newton Camera Club.

The daughter of Nels P. and Maria Christinia Swanson, she was born March 31, 1903 in Ogden.

She was married May 8, 1924 in Des Moines. ~ The Newton Daily News, Newton Iowa, March 12, 1961.