Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Clements, Leitha I.(Allen) August 21, 1985 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net April 22, 2023, 7:46 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard - Fri. August 23, 1985 LEITHA I. CLEMENTS IONIA - Leitha I. Clements, 86, a former Ionia area resident, died Wednesday evening at the Michigan Masonic Home in Alma, Mich. She was born April April 13, 1898 in Shilo, the daughter of Frank and Irene Drake Allen. She was married to Harold W.Clements on February 26, 1919 in Shanty Plains, Mich. They made their home on Peterson Road, north of Ionia for 41 years before moving to the Masonic Home at Alma in May 1977. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at the Masonic Home in February 1979. He died May 24, 1979. She was a very active member of the Lyons Evergreen Chapter number 234 Order of the Eastern Star. She was also a member of the Ionic Shrine number 41 in Ionia and the Ionia World War I Veterans Barricks Auxiliary. Surviving are a daughter Mrs. Roby (Mable) Wright, Muir, 5 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. The family will be at the funeral home on Friday afternoon from 2-4 pm and in the evening from 7-9 p.m. Funeral services will be held at the Montgomery-Leddick Funeral Home Saturday at 2 p.m.under the auspices of the Evergreen-chapter Order of the Eastern Star. Graveside services will be at the Clear Lake Cemetery, the Rev. F.Michael Valentine officiating. A memorial fund has been established for the Evergreen chapter OES. Contributions can be left at the funeral home. Additional Comments: Clear Lake Cem. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/clements45509nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb