WARRINGTON, Clifford Daniel 1916-2000
RUMBAUGH, WARRINGTON, GROTH
Posted By: K.L. Kittleson (email)
Date: 12/25/2008 at 17:45:38
CLIFFORD DANIEL WARRINGTON
(Mason City Globe Gazette Sat. Nov 18, 2000)
ST. ANSGAR, IOWA - Clifford Daniel Warrington, 84, of 203 N. Main in St. Ansgar, died Thursday (Nov. 16, 2000) at the Good Samaritan Home, in St. Ansgar.
The funeral will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2000, at the First Lutheran Church in St. Ansgar, with the Rev. Robert Porisch officiating. Burial will be at First Lutheran Cemetery, with military rites by the Walter T. Enneberg Post 358.
Visitation will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home in St. Ansgar.
Clifford was born in Jefferson County, Kansas, on November 2, 1916, the son of Benjamin and Kate (Rumbaugh) Warrington. He lived there with his five brothers and two sisters, being educated in schools in Jefferson County. In 1935 he made his home in Mitchell County, living for a year with his uncle and family, the Harvey Warringtons, near Osage. Clifford was baptized and confirmed in 1937 at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Osage.
On May 2, 1941, he was drafted into military service and assigned to Company H, 168th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 34th Division (Red Bull) United States Army. He trained in Camp Claiborne, La. On March 1, 1942, he arrived in Northern Ireland where his regiment was assigned to the British Commandos for amphibious training in Scotland.
In November of 1942, the regiment invaded North Africa, then in September of 1943, they landed in Salerno, Italy, pushed north through Italy and on March 21, 1945, he returned to the United States on rotation after 649 combat days. He received his honorable discharge on June 30, 1945, and was awarded four Bronze Stars for Algerian, Tunisian, Naples-Foggia, and Rome-Arno Campaigns.
On Oct. 6, 1945, Clifford and Ardella Groth, of St. Ansgar, were united in marriage at the First Lutheran Church by the Rev. O.A. Langehough. They established their home in Osage, and in 1952 moved to St. Ansgar.
Clifford was employed by Elgin Enabnit, took GI training in plumbing, heating and sheet metal work at Johnson Plumbing and Heating in Osage, where he was employed until January of 1952. He then was employed by Hans Borsheim of St. Ansgar Plumbing and Heating and worked for Mr. Borsheim until March of 1953, when he purchased the business from Mr. Borsheim. He served the surrounding community until he retired in November of 1981, and then sold his business in February of 1982 to Dan and Wanda Warrington.
Clifford was a member of the Lions Club, Sons of Norway, and life member of American Legion and V.F.W. He was active in the First Lutheran Church and in volunteer work in Mitchell County and St. Ansgar.
He is survived by his wife, Ardella; brothers, Charles E. Warrington, of Gibbon, Nebraska, and T. Bentley Warrington, of San Benito, Texas; and a brother-in-law, Claire Groth, of Minnetonka, Minnesota; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death were his parents, three brothers and two sisters.
Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, (641) 736-4920.
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NOTE: See interesting article about Clifford's
war-time experiences in Tunisia, in Mitchell County Press, Feb. 25, 1943, Page 1, right column.
Mitchell Obituaries maintained by Sharyl Ferrall.
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