Clifford Reed Hess 1909 - 2004

HESS, GRACE, SHOEMAKER, BRINK

Posted By: Connie J Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/19/2016 at 12:07:22

Clifford Reed Hess was born April 1, 1909, in Ida Grove, Iowa, the son of Burton and Ethel (Grace) Hess. He graduated from Lawton (Iowa) High School in 1926, and attended Morningside College.

He married Florence Shoemaker June 6, 1934, in Bronson, Iowa. She died February 14, 1972. He later married Lois Brink August 15, 1981, in Castana. He worked for Eberly Contracting of Lawton, Iowa, in dirt construction and farmed near Anthon from 1942 until moving to Onawa in 1999. He was a member of Castana Community Church.

Mr. Hess, 95, died April 30, 2004, at Pleasant View Care Center, Whiting, Iowa. Services were held at the Castana Community Church, Castana, Iowa, with the Revs. Bob Fritzmeier and Karen Handke officiating. Burial followed in Piero Bethel Cemetery, rural Anthon, under direction of Rush Family Care Service in Onawa.

Survivors include his wife, Lois of Onawa; two sons and their wives, Jon and Carmen Hess of Moville, Iowa, and Joe and Carolyn Hess of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; a daughter-in-law, Vicki Hess of Rock Island, Ill.; a stepdaughter, Patty Brink of Minneapolis; four stepsons, Bill Brink and his wife, Cathy, of Castana, Ardel Brink of Denver, Colo., Gary Brink and his wife, Sherrie, of Alexandria, Minn., and Roger Brink and his wife, Susie, of Onawa; 17 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. In addition to his wife, Florence, he was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Charles; an infant daughter, Mary Isabelle; and a brother, Roscoe Hess.