CLOW, Kenneth 1895-1949

CLOW, KENTNER, GODFREY, CROMER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/3/2013 at 23:33:12

Kenneth Clow was born on February 22, 1895, to William D. and Dora M. Kentner Clow at Bradgate. As an infant he accompanied his parents to Marshalltown, Iowa, where he lived until his early teens.

Mr. Clow served in world War I. He was married to Elizabeth Godfrey in Mitchell county, in 1920, and the couple lived all their married lives in the Osage and Charles City areas.

Mr. Clow had been in failing health for some time and was hospitalized in the Veteran's Hospital in Des Moines for two months before his death last Wednesday.

Surviving are his wife; daughter, Sally; sister, Mrs. R.E. (Gene) Cromer of Mason City; and a brother, Wayne H. Clow of Maywood, Illinois.

Funeral services were held Friday, October 28, at the Champion funeral home with the Rev.D.S. Bourne in charge. The Orchard and Osage Legion Posts had charge of military rites, and burial was made in the Osage cemetery.

Mitchell County Press-News - November 3, 1949