Hummel, Clarence 1904-1973

HUMMEL, WATERBURY

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke-Volunteer
Date: 1/15/2012 at 12:45:40

Clarence A. Hummel,69, of Hawarden died Oct. 22, at the Hawarden Community Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held at the United Methodist Church in Hawarden on Wednesday morning with the Rev. Hebert Gould officiating. Burial services were held at the Riverside Cemetery in Akron under the direction of the Dow Funeral Home. Freedown Lodge AF&AM will conduct the graveside rites.

Mr. Hummel was born May 11, 1904, at Westfield. He married Erma Waterbury of Akron Aug 4, 1928. He was in the lumber business at Westfield for several years, then farmed near Akron. He moved to Akron in 1952 where he managed Farmer Coop Elevator for 16 years. Mr. Hummel served several years as a member of the Sayles District School Board and was active in community affairs. He was an Akron city councilman. He was past master of Freedom Lodge AF&AM of Akron and past worthy patron of Vesper Chapter, Order of Eastern Star,Akron. The couple retired to Hawarden in 1968.

Survivors include the widow; a daughter, Mrs. Arnold (Kathleen) Swanson of Waterloo; two sons, Harlan and Don, both of Hawarden; eight grandchildren; six sisters, Mrs. Don (Edith) Secor of Chico, Calif., Mrs. George (Annie) Schultz of Kalispell. Mont., Mrs Chester (Helen) Esiele of Juanita, Neb., Mrs. Henning (Sophia) Hansen of Hendricks, Minn., Mrs. Ted (Esther) Carlsen of Sioux City and Mrs. Charles (Elsie) Holzworth of Camp Hill , PA., and three brothers, Lyle of Kalispell, Mont., Kenneth of Des Moines and William of Anchorage, Alaska.

Source:Hawarden Independent(10-25-1973)