John T. Clem

John T. Clem, Major, USARet, 86, of Mt. Gilead, OH, passed away Wednes­day, Aug. 8, 2012 at River­side Methodist Hos­pi­tal, Colum­bus, OH.

Born in Ross County, OH to John T. and Elsie (Ack­ley) Clem on Sept. 15, 1925, he was an Offi­cer in the United States Army. Retired from ser­vice on Feb. 1, 1964. He served in WWII and Korea. He received 2 Pur­ple Hearts. One dur­ing WWII, the other Korea. Among other accom­mo­da­tions he is a recip­i­ent of the Bronze Star. He was also rec­og­nized for his mer­i­to­ri­ous ser­vice in the Berlin Cri­sis in Octo­ber 1961.

He was mem­ber of VFW 8054 and the Amer­i­can Legion.

He had a pas­sion for find­ing and restor­ing antique clocks and loved work­ing outdoors.

There is noth­ing he enjoyed more than a house full of fam­ily. His last day, fam­ily mem­bers gath­ered around him for a last fam­ily reunion, a spe­cial day for him.

His wife, Della (Fogle) Clem pre­de­ceased him.

He is sur­vived by his four chil­dren: Phyl­lis A. (Keith) Hack­le­man of Rochester, NY; Leslie L. (Nubia) Clem of Crestview Hills, KY; Linda F. (Steve) Kuen­zer of Mt. Gilead, OH; and San­dra Lee (James) Gen­tile of New Albany, OH.

Grand­chil­dren: Brian (Lau­rie) Hack­le­man of Rochester, NY; Brady (Jen­nifer) Hack­le­man of Rich­mond, VA; Melissa (Steve) Neale of West­er­ville, OH; John (Joy) Clem of Colum­bus, OH; April (Tom) Dible of Upper San­dusky, OH; Tamara Silk of DuBois, PA; Suzan Eck of Colum­bus, OH.

Great-grandchildren: Christo­pher, Jenna and Michael Hack­le­man of Rochester, NY; Gar­rett Neale of Colum­bus, OH; Ellie Dible of Upper San­dusky, OH; Brit­taney and Syd­ney Gray of DuBois, PA.

John’s fam­ily will greet friends from 11:00 a.m. — 12:00 noon on Sat­ur­day, August 11, 2012, at the Sny­der Funeral Home Craven Chapel, 67 N. Main St., Mt. Gilead. An infor­mal time of shar­ing led by fam­ily and friends will fol­low imme­di­ately at noon. Bur­ial with mil­i­tary hon­ors pro­vided by the V.F.W. Post 8054 and AmVets Post 87 will fol­low in River­cliff Cemetery.

In lieu of flow­ers, con­tri­bu­tions may be made to VFW 8054 or the Amer­i­can Legion, and may be made to the care of the funeral home.

Sny­der Funeral Homes of Mount Gilead is hon­ored to have been cho­sen to serve John’s fam­ily and your pri­vate con­do­lences may be expressed to them online by vis­it­ing www.snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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