- Clemens- Matilda Miller Clemens, daughter of Jacob Y and Anna Miller, was born in Boone Twp. Kent Co., Mich., Jan 27, 1881; departed this life May 19, 1936; aged 55y. 3m. 22d. She had been in poor health for a number of years but her death was very sudden and unexpected. On May 19 she was called to the bedside of her son Rollo, who was injured in an automobile accident near Hastings. Soon after entering his room in the hospital she suffered a heart attack and passed away almost instantly. She was united in marriage to Jacob O. Clemens on March 27, 1903, at Freeport, Mich. and her husband preceded her in death in 1925. Those who are left to mourn their loss are 6 sons: Albert J. of Waterloo, Iowa; Floyd B. of Ionia; L.D. of Battle Creek; Chair [Clair?] , Rollo, and Alvin of Saranac, and one daughter, Mrs Celia Courser, of Breckenbridge, Mich.; 2 stepsons, Orval B of Waterloo, Iowa, and Clayton M. of Prescott, Mich.; also 20 grandchildren and 4 great -grandchildren. The following brothers and sisters also survive: Venus and Jonnie Miller, Mrs John Winton, Mrs. Otis Bontrager of Fairview, Milo, Harry, and Charlie of Iomia, Ransom of Flint, Lester of Grand Rapids and Mrs Harve Stutzman of Goshen, Ind., and many other relatives and friends who loved her because of her meek and quiet disposition. Funeral services were held at the Free Methodist Church Friday afternoon, May22, conducted by __ Parsons of Sparta. The remains were laid to rest in a cemetery close by.
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