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[Clute, Clara Eltha
Greenlee]
Lenox Time Table
Thursday December 5,
1957 [p. 1]
Funeral Friday For Mrs.
Clute
Mrs. Clara Clute, 81, died at her home Wednesday afternoon. She
had been ill for a short time with the flu and a heart condition. Funeral
services were Friday at the United Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev
James Eddy. Burial was at Bedford.
Obituary
Clara
Eltha Clute, daughter of Harley
U. [mberfield] and Mary Ann [Tucker] Greenlee was born at Bedford, on January 31, 1876 and passed away at her home
in Lenox at the age of 81 years, 9 months and 27 days.
Her
parents were long time residents of Bedford. On Christmas Day, 1895, Clara was married to Fred M. [artin] Clute, who preceded her in death Jan 1, 1957. To this
union were born four daughters and one son. One of the daughters, Maxine, died in infancy.
The
first years of their married life were spent in Bedford. In 1914 they moved to
Clearfield making their home there until 1932, when they moved to Lenox. On
December 25, 1956 they celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary.
Mrs.
Clute was a member of Lenox
United Presbyterian Church, a member of Eastern Star, Royal Neighbors and the
Harmony Reading Circle.
She
is survived by her four children, Mrs. Helen Ethington of Ames; Mrs. Vesta Bailey of Diagonal; Mrs. Pauline Williams of Detroit, Mich.; and George E. Clute of Monroe, Mich.; nine grandchildren and nineteen
great grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Hattie Nash of Sheridan, Mo.; Mrs. Carrie Martin of Cody, Wyo.; and Mrs. Huldah Dietzel of St. Joseph, Mo.
She
will be greatly missed by the family, relatives and her many friends.
Pallbearers
at the funeral were grandsons of Mrs. Clute, Dean Ethington, Claire Ethington, Dale Ethington, Loren Bailey, Clare
Russie and Gerald Cacy.
Lenox Time Table
Thursday December 5,
1957 [p.
1]
At Clute Funeral
Relatives from out of
town attending Mrs. Clara Clute's funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Adam Dietzel, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Strong of St Joseph, Mo.; Mrs. Hattie Nash, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Nash and Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Winemiller, Sheridan, Mo.; Mrs.
Alice Weese, St Joseph, Mo., Mr.
and Mrs. Dean Ethington, Cedar
Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Claire
Ethington, Aurora, Ill.; Loren
Bailey, Peoria, Ill.; Dale
Ethington, Cedar Falls; Mr.
and Mrs. Clare Russie, Kansas
City, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Cacy and daughters, Bonnie and Sherry of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
From Laura Dussault <ldusceau@earthlink.net>
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