DeHART, Clement Woods: Died 1939

DEHART, WOODS, YATES, COTTER, CRAMER

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Date: 6/11/2016 at 23:54:48

**Handwritten: V.B. RECORD 28 DEC. 1939

Clement Woods DeHart, eldest son of Lewis and Elizabeth Woods DeHart, was born near Vernon in Van Buren county, Iowa, March 14, 1864, and died in his home in North Kansas City, Mo. on Dec. 14, 1939, at the age of 75 years and 9 months after a lingering illness.

When he was eleven years old he moved with his parents to St. Louis county, Mo. On July 31, 1890, he married Miss Mattie Yates of St. Louis county. To this union two daughters were born, the first of whom died in infancy. Surviving him are his wife Mrs. Mattie Yates DeHart; his daughter, Mrs. Myra DeHart Cotter, a grandson, Jack Cotter; two brothers and a sister of St. Louis, Mo. C.L. DeHart, C.O. Dehart and Miss Jennie DeHart, and a sister, Mrs. Fanny DeHart Cramer of Bonaparte, Iowa.

In 1890 Mr. DeHart entered the employ of the Corn Product Refining Co., in Venice, Ill. He continued in the service of this company for 47 years, serving it in every plant in the United States. He served the company in North Kansas City since 1921, and retired from active service on March 1, 1937.

Mr. DeHart was known for his utter integrity of life, for his transparent sincerity, for his many deeds of kindness done in secret for those in need. One of his outstanding characteristics was an indomitable spirit which he manifested to the end. Always considerate of the feelings of his family, he played up to life, making plans for the future, seldom admitting the possibility that the end of ilfe(err) might be near. He fought end of life might be near. He fought a good fight and his unconquerable spirit is most fittingly expressed in Henley's "Invictus" -

"It matters not how straight the gate,
How charged with punishment the scroll;
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul."

Funeral services were held at Quayle Methodist church, North Kansas City, Saturday at 2:30 p.m. The Rev. J. Hubert Wubben, pastor of the church, conducted the services, and Mrs. Desley Nelson sang Sunset and Evening Star. Interment in Mount Moriah cemetery at Kansas City.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book G, Page 14, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA