Lived in Penn Twp, Guthrie Co., Iowa - page 130A in 1910 US Census - although couldn't find on the actual on-line images.
Lived in Walnut Twp., Madison Co., Iowa at time of 1930 US Census with wife Mary. This record says that she was age 24at time of marriage and that Mont was age 23 at time of his marriage. The record also says that he is now age 62 and she is now age 42, so this is his second marriage.
Obituary: Mrs. John Gibson
(Special to the Daily News) METZ --Final rites for Mrs. John Gibson, 60, were conducted from the Toland Funeral home Thursday afternoon by Rev. Logan of the Methodist Episcopal church of Newton. Interment was in the Sugar Grove cemetery.
Pallbearers were Roy Clement, Earl Clement, Frank Clement, Kenneth Clement, Albert Clement and Clarence Clement all cousins of the deceased.
Mrs. Elsie Clement had charge of the flowers. Music was furnished by M. J. Miles who sang "Going Down the Valley" and "Rock of Ages" accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Sayer Miles.
Mrs. Gibson died Tuesday afternoon, June 20, at the home of her daughter Mrs. William Smith where she had been taken to be near a physician. She had been suffering from heart trouble.
Goldie Jane Dennis, daughter of Van Dennis and Catherine Clement Dennis was born at Colfax June 4, 1879 and had lived there and in the vicinity of Metz all her life. She was married to John Gibson, August 31, 1898 and to this union six children were born, all of who survive.
They are O. F. Gibson, Mrs. Thomas Anthony, Mrs. Charles Smith, Mrs. Vern Smith, Mrs. W. M. Hegwood and Mrs. William Smith. Alto two brothers, Mont Dennis of St. Charles and Louis Dennis of Des Moines. ~ The Newton Daily News, June 23, 1939.
John Gibson Dies Today
John Gibson, 79, former Metz coal miner, died at the Skiff hospital here at 6;15 this morning.
He was born on October 6, 1867 in England and came to Jasper county at the age of 17. He was married to Goldie Dennis on Aug. 31, 1898, who preceded him in death, having passed away eight years ago.
Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Charles Smith, Mrs. Louis Anthony, Mrs. Vernon Smith, and Mrs. Marion Haywood., all of Newton; one son Orrie Gibson of Metz; a nephew Albert Clement, Farrar; 27 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held from the Murdoch Funeral home at 1:30 p.m., Saturday. Rev. J. W. Walker, pastor of the First Christian church, will officiate.
Roy Crawford, accompanied by Mrs. R. L. Jackson, will sing, "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Going Down the Valley."
Mrs. Earl Clement and Mrs. Phyllis Cabot will be in charge of the floral tributes.
Pallbearers will be six grandsons, Charlesand Robert Anthony, Wayne, Laurence, Kenneth and Eldon Smith. Burial will be in the Sugar Grove cemetery. ~ The Newton Daily News, September 4, 1947.
61. Edward Clement
Edward Clement
Died Sunday At NewtonEdward E. Clement, 82, died Sunday, May 14th, 1961 at Skiff hospital in Newton, a short time after being admitted. Mr. Clement apparently was the victim of a heart attack.
Ed Clement, son of Stephen and Caroline Clement, was born March 19, 1879 at Newton, Iowa. He has been a resident of Jasper County most of his life and has made his home in Colfax the past several years.
He was united in marriage to Amy Barth on July 17, 1920. she preceded him in death six years ago.
Surviving him are three brothers, Frank and Earl of Newton, Roy of Des Moines, several nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, May 17th at 1:30 p.m. from the Walters Funeral Home in this city with Rev. Neville G. Clayton, pastor of the Christian Church, officiating.
Bearers were Elmer Ackley, Ronald Carroll, Ace Deakins, John Callahan, Earl DuRocher and H. A. Thomas. Burial was in the Greencastle Cemetery near Mingo, Iowa. ~ Colfax Tribune, Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa, Thursday, 18 May, 1961
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD TUESDAY FOR MRS. ED CLEMENT
Mrs. Edward Clement, 63, of this city, died suddenly at her home on 111 North West street
Saturday morning about 11:20, as the result of a heart condition. Mrs. Clement had suffered a
severe gall bladder attack Friday night, the strain of which proved too much for her heart, with
death resulting the next morning.Amy Belle Clement, daughter of Phillip and Carrie Barth, was born June 9, 1892 at Newton,
Iowa. When a young lady she received her education in the Wittemberg school and in rural
Schools around Newton. She was united in marriage to Edward Clement on June 17, 1920 in
Des Moines, Iowa, and eleven years ago the family moved to Colfax to make their home. Mrs.
Clement was a member of the Baptist church.Left to mourn her passing are her husband, Edward; one son, Roger Clement of Eagle Point,
Oregon, a brother, Vern Barth, address unknown; one sister, Cora Hiviles of Albia, Ia., four
grandchildren, besides a host of friends and neighbors who have enjoyed her friendship
throughout the years. She was preceded in death by a twin sister.Mrs. Clement was a member of the Rebekah Lodge where she was serving as Noble Grand
this year and was also secretary of the Rebekah Circle and Happy Hour Club. Her proficiency
and interest in the work of the Lodge made her an excellent member and her loss, both to the
fraternal order and her family and friends will be very noticeable.Funeral services were conducted from the Colfax Christian Church Tuesday afternoon at
2:00 with the pastor, Rev. J. O. Whanger, officiating. Music was furnished by Mrs. John
Rinker, soloist with Mrs. George Rinker, accompanist.Bearers were John Rinker, Ace Deakins, Gene Burnett, Ira McGinley, Earl DuRocher and Olin
Farrington. Mrs. Chas. Butler, Mrs. Nathan Pierce and Mrs. Richard Williams were in charge
of the floral arrangements. Special services by members of the Rebekah Lodge were given at
the Church. Burial was in the cemetery near Greencastle, Iowa.
66. Earl Clement
Earl Clement Dies Friday; Rites Today
Funeral services for Earl Clement, 75, of 312 E. 10th St. N., a resident of Newton since 1938, were held today at Toland-Wallace Funeral Home.
Donald R. Thompson, director of education of the First Lutheran Church, conducted the services. Burial was in the Veterans Section of Newton Union Cemetery.
Memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society or the memorial Cancer Society or the memorial fund of the First Lutheran Church, will be accepted.
Survivors are his wife, Elsa; four daughters, Mrs. Clyde (Phyllis) Cavitt of Newton, Mrs. Ardis Fleener of Johnson, Mrs. Lester (Doris) Strovers of Sully and Mrs. LeRoy (Frances) Curtis of Cyprus, Calif.; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a brother, Roy of Prescott, Ariz.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and two sisters.
Mr. Clement was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Newton American Legion.
He was a retired employee of the Parsons Co., where he had worked for 19 years.
The son of Stephen and Caroline Kline Clement, he was born Dec. 12, 1896 near Colfax.
He was married to Elsa Swanson May 8, 1924 at Des Moines.
He died Friday evening at Skiff Memorial Hospital. ~ The Newton Daily News, Newton Iowa, July 17, 1972, page 5.
Elsa T. Clement dies Wednesday; rites Saturday
Mrs. Earl (Elsa Theresia) Clement, 77, of 312 E. 10th ST. N., a resident of Newton sicne 1938, died Wednesday afternoon at the Skiff Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Wallace Funeral Home.
The Rev. H. Eugene Cedarholm, pastor of the First Lutheran Church, will conduct services. Burial will be in the Veterans Section of the Newton Union Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Wallace Funeral Home after 10 a.m. Friday.
Family visitation will be held at the Wallace Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society or a organization of the donor’s choice will be accepted. Memorials may be left at the Wallace Funeral Home.
Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Clyde (Phyllis) Cavitt of Newton, Mrs. Dale (Ardis) Fleener of Willcox, Ariz., Mrs. Lester (Doris) Strovers of Sully and Mrs. LeRoy (Francis) Curtis of Buena Park, Calif.; 14 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Hansen of Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. Anna Olson of Las Vegas, Nev.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband July 14, 1972, and five brothers and sisters. Mrs. Clement was a member of the First Lutheran Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Jasper County Senior Citizens, Aloha Club and the Newton Camera Club.
The daughter of Nels P. and Maria Christinia Swanson, she was born March 31, 1903 in Ogden.
She was married May 8, 1924 in Des Moines. ~ The Newton Daily News, Newton Iowa, March 12, 1961.
Clyde C. Cavitt, 83, of Newton died Friday, June 25, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton.
A celebration of life service will be held today at 2 p.m. at Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton with the Rev. Merle Smith of Skiff Medical Center in Newton officiating. Burial will be at Newton Union Cemetery in the Veteran's Section.
A coffee time with the family will be held at the Tribute Center of the funeral home following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials will be accepted to First United Methodist Church or Hospice of Jasper County.
The son of Bill and Susie M. (Martz) Cavitt, he was born April 27, 1921, in Jasper County. He graduated from Newton Senior High School in 1939. On Oct. 3, 1943, he married Phyllis Clement in Newton. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Mr. Cavitt was a mechanic at Newton Implement and also worked as an independent insurance agent with Clyde Cavitt Agency. He was a member of First United Methodist Church and enjoyed golfing and playing cards.Survivors include his wife; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Dennis and Beverly Cavitt of Royal Oak, Mich., and R. Scott Cavitt of Jackson, Minn.; a daughter, Pamela Conklin of Newton; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Geraldine James and Linda Koon, both of Newton.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Donna. ~ Newton Daily News, Monday, June 28, 2004
Harry Clement, World War Veteran Died March 28th
Harry W. Clement, of near Metz, a world war veteran, died at the home of his parents, near Metz, Mar. 28th. Funeral services were held March 29th from the Metz church, with interment at Sugar Grove cemetery.
Harry W. Clement was born Dec. 26, 1893, near Newton, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Clement. His early life was spent near Prairie City and later in the Metz vicinity, where he grew to manhood. He was married to Lena Edna Turner on July 5, 1918, and to this union one son, John William Clement, was born.
On July 25, 1918, he enlisted in the United States Army and sailed for Europe on the Rotterdam that fall. He was ranked as a corporal, but upon his arrival in Europe he answered a call for volunteer nurses.
Injured In World War
During a gas attack, Mr. Clement was stricken with blindness in an attempt to save an officer, who had lost his gas mask. He was taken to the K. C. hospital at Bourbonne-Les-Bains where he was confined for six weeks. The gas affected his throat and lungs. He died March 28, 1932, at the home of his parents in Metz, following a lingering illness from tuberculosis.
He was converted at Metz in 1910 and became a charter member of the Baptist church. When the Baptist church was disbanded in Metz, he became a charter member of the Four Square Gospel church in Newton, with which church he was affiliated at the time of his death.
He was preceded in death by his wife, who died April 29, 1920. He is survived by a son, John William; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Clement of Metz and a brother, A. H. Clement of Boulder, Colo.
Members of the Newton post of Veterans of Foreign Wars served as pallbearers, including Lee Jones, Carl Johnson, George Minor, L. R. Mudd, O. R. Yunker and Vern Nauman. Glen Britain, Lee Rucker and L. H. Zimmerman carried the colors.
Members of the V. F. W. Auxiliary who attended the services were Mrs. Gus Wolfrank, Mrs. Charles Schwarz, Mrs. Lee Rucker, Mrs. Tom Finley, Mrs. Carl Johnson, Mrs. George Minor, Mrs. Ivan Woody, Mrs. Robert Cochrane, Mrs. Dan Pierce, Mrs. Roy Hipsley, and Mrs. James Warrick. ~ Colfax Tribune, April 7, 1932.
Metz Woman To Be Buried Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Harry Clement who died Thursday morning at her home near Metz, will be held from the Metz church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Burial will be made at the Metz cemetery.
Mrs. Clements was born in Kentucky in 1899 [actually 1900] and moved with the family to a farm northwest of Metz four years ago. She was formerly Miss Lena Turner and was well known among the people of the vicinity in which she resided. She was married to Harry Clement of Metz in 1918 and since that time she and her husband have resided on a farm near that place. She has been active in the church work and all the social affairs of the community and her death will mean the loss of a good wife and constant helpmate.
She is survived by her husband, her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. John Turner, four brothers, Herman, Perry, Hilliad and Vernon and one sister, Mrs. Carrol Dickerson of Metz. ~ The Newton Daily News, April 30, 1920.
Mrs. J. Vantomme, Longtime Resident, Dies at Colfax
Colfax - Mrs. John (Hettie Ella) Vantomme, 82, a longtime resident of Jasper County, died Sunday at the Gardner Nursing Home in Colfax.
Funeral services are pending at Walters Funeral Home in Colfax.
The Rev. Dale Nicholson, minister of the Colfax Methodist Church, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Greencastle Cemetery.
Mrs. Vantomme is survived by her husband, John, of Colfax; a son, C.A. Vantomme, of Monroe; and two grandchildren, Mrs. Leo Beard of Colfax and John E. Vantomme of Des Moines, who made their home with their grand parents as children.
She is also survived by six great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister and two brothers.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Hayes, she was born Sept. 20, 1880 in Grundy Center.
Mrs. Vantomme, who had been in failing health for several years, was raised in the Metz community.
After her marriage to John Vantomme March 27, 1901, she resided on farms in the Colfax, Mingo and Greencastle communities. ~ The Newton Daily News, Newton, Iowa, Mon. October 8, 1962, page 2.
85. Nora Della Hayes
Mrs. Arthur Dow Dies Today After Long Illness
Mrs. Arthur Dow, 63, died at her home in Newton, 814 East Ninth street North, about 9 o'clock this morning. She had been ill for three years and bedfast the past yer.
The deceased who was the former Della Hayes, was born Sept. 9, 1883, and is survived by her husband and a son, Ernest Dow, also seven grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Ella VanTomme of Colfax and a brother, John Hayes of Tuscon, Ariz. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Leona.
Funeral services will be held at the Morgan Funeral home at 2 p.m. Friday with the Rev. F. D. Boldt officiating. ~ The Newton Daily News, September 5, 1946.
Obituary of Marion May (Richmond) Hayes
Marion M. Hayes, 70, of 419 W. Michigan, entered into rest June 20, 1968. Mother of Lester C. Hayes, of Calif., Chester J. Hayes, of Iowa, Virgil M. Hayes, of Calif.; Donald V. Hayes, Flagstaff, Ariz; Paul A. Hayes, of Calif., James N. hayes, of Tucson, Mrs. Anna E. Primrose, of Calif., and mrs. Wilma M. Mast, of Ind.; Sisster of John Richmond, of Texas and O.P. Richmond of Wisconsin, Mrs. Cora McMaster, of Iowa and Mrs. Wilma Miller of Iowa; 29 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be at Rose Hills, Whittier, Calif., June 24. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 21st, at Bring's Memorial Chapel, 36 S. Scott. Pallbearers will be James B. Hayes, Tucson, Ariz., John Hayes, Santa Ana, Calif., David primrose, Fresno, Calif., Norman Swan, Imperial Beach, Calif., David Miller, Santa Ana, Calif., and John Datola, City of Industry, Calif. ~ Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona, June 21, 1968 - copied from "The Hayes Family Album" written by Karen Hayes White and Connie Hayes Edwards.
Obituary: Coral Belle Miller
Funeral services for Mrs. J. C. Christensen, 47, were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Morgan funeral home, with Dr. W. H. Blancke, pastor emeritus of the Newton Lutheran church, in charge.
Music was furnished by Mrs. A. F. Henning and Mrs. William Benjamin, who sang "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere," and "Jesus Lover of My Soul."
The body is being kept at Morgan funeral home, pending arrival of Mrs. Christensen's adopted daughter from California. Interment will probably be made Tuesday afternoon in Sugar Grove cemetery.
Cora Bell Christensen, daughter of L. J. and Gertrude Clement Miller was born February, 2, 1891, near Metz, Ia., and died June 10, 1938. She spent her entire life in and near Newton, where she followed the profession of nursing until her health failed her about five years ago.
In 1910, she was united in marriage to William Bale, and in 1915 she married Frank Higby. The couple adopted a daughter, Mary Laurine Higby of Oakland, Calif., and raised Leonard Higby of Kansas City, MO.
On August 7, 1937, she was united in marriage to J. C. Christensen at Cedar Falls.
She was a member of the Lutheran church of Newton and the Woodmen Circle and the Maccabees.She is survived by her husband; two step sons, Eldon and Robert Christensen; and one step daughter, Margaret Christensen; the adopted children, Mary Laurine Higby and Leonard Higby; two brothers, Burl Miller of Cedar Falls and Sergeant Harold E. Miller of Company I. 30 Infantry, Presidio, San Francisco, Calif.; also two nieces and three nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents. ~ The Newton Daily News, March 13, 1938.