Medina County OhArchives Cemeteries.....Veterans of the Great War buried at Bennetts Corners Cemetery 
(Surnames:  Clement, Gloeckler, Chervenka, Cumberworth)

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Veterans of the Great War buried 
at Bennetts Corners Cemetery
(Their life and story)
(Surnames:  Clement, Gloeckler, Chervenka, Cumberworth)

Researched and compiled by Michael Ralph 
Mader, North Royalton, Cuyahoga County, 
Ohio

October 2008

Leon Leroy Clement

Born June 29, 1888 in Strongsville, Ohio, 
Leon was the son of James and Martha 
Jane (Sanderson) Clement. Working as a 
farmer, he married Edna Lucile Spafford in 
1912 and had two children, son Lyle, who 
passed away in infantcy and daughter 
Twila.
The marriage ended in divorce several 
years later and by the 1917 World War I 
draft, Leon was paying child support. He 
entered the National Army on November 26, 
1917.
Leon was trained with the 322nd. Machine 
Gun Battalion, Company C and once 
overseas, fought with the 15th. Machine 
Gun Battalion, Company C at the St. Mihiel 
and Meuse-Argonne battles in France.
After the war's end, Leon was honorably 
discharged on July 29, 1919 as Private First 
Class.
Leon never remaried and spent a quiet, 
hard working life as a farmer in Hinckley 
and Strongsville. He passed away March 3, 
1971 in a North Royalton, Ohio extended 
care facility and was buried at Bennetts 
Corners Cemetery next to his son Lyle.


Phillip John Gloeckler

Born June 30, 1895 in Cleveland to German 
born parents, Phillip Sr. and Fredricka 
(Hebel) Gloeckler, Phillip lived on 
Cleveland's west side, then Fairview Park 
with his parents until he was drafted 
September 19, 1917 in the National Army. 
He trained with the 331st. Infantry 
Regiment, Company A and once overseas, 
fought with the 11th. Infantry Regiment, 
Company A, in the battles of St. Michel and 
Meuse-Argonne in France. Private first 
class Gloeckler was severly wounded in 
action on October 16, 1918 but slowly 
recovered except for a 7% Certificate of 
Disability from the Army. He was honorably 
discharged November 25, 1919.
Working as a salesman, Phillip married 
Mary Kathleen Hassler in 1923, living in 
Fairview Park, Ohio until 1940 when they 
bought the 13 acre, Mader farm in North 
Royalton near Bennetts Corners.
Phillip and "Kathleen" never had children 
and lived a quiet life at Bennetts Corners. 
Phillip passed away March 23, 1964 in 
Parma, Ohio and was buried at Bennetts 
Corners Cemetery next to his wife..

Howard Kolb Chervenka

Born July 13, 1889 in Cleveland, Ohio, 
Howard was the son of Charles and 
Margaret (Kolb) Chervenka. He was a 
factory worker when he was drafted on June 
2, 1917 in South Euclid, Ohio and trained 
with the Ohio National Guard. His unit here 
and overseas was the 135th. Field Artillery, 
Battery A. Howard obtained the rank of 
Corporal and was honorably discharged 
April 10, 1919.
In 1925, he married Blanche Dutton in 
Cleveland and had one child, son Robert. 
Moving to Hinckley, Howard commuted to 
Cleveland for his factory job and the family 
lived a quiet country life near Bennetts 
Corners. He passed away September 3, 
1958 and was buried at Bennetts Corners 
Cemetery next to his wife..

Earl Lewis Cumberworth

Born December 17, 1881 in Brunswick, 
Medina County, Ohio, Earl was the son of 
William Anthony and Mary 
Francis(Scrivens) Cumberworth. He, as his 
father, became a farmer until December 8, 
1913, bored with mundane farm work, 
enlisted in the Regulay Army and was a 
member of the Ft. Caswell, North Carolina 
Coast Artillery Corps until July 11, 1917 
when he entered the Army Reserves, 14th. 
Field Artillery. The coastal defence lasted 
until after World War One when Earl was 
honorably discharged June 4, 1920.
After his military service, Earl moved to 
Akron, Ohio where he worked for B.F. 
Goodrich Company. He never married and 
when he passed away February 27, 1947, 
Earl was buried by his parents at Bennetts 
Corners Cemetery.