Clemens, Edgar M. (1926-2006)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 Nov 13 p. 12

Birth date: 1926 May 8

text of obituary:

EDGAR M. CLEMENS

Edgar M. Clemens, 80, of New Holland, Pa., died Sept. 3, 2006. He was born May 8, 1926, to Raymond and Esther (Moyer) Clemens in Souderton.

He married Rhoda Hostetter on Aug. 16, 1952, in Gap.

After high school, he served two years in Civilian Public Service. He graduated from Goshen (Ind.) College in 1950. He did graduate work at Penn State and at the University of New Hampshire and was awarded master’s degrees from both institutions. He taught high school sciences at Belleville Mennonite High School from 1951-54 and at Christopher Dock High School from 1954-59. He began teaching at Ithaca (N.Y.) High School in 1959 and taught chemistry there until his retirement in 1989. He moved to New Holland in 2004.

Throughout his 45 years in Ithaca, he took an active part in church and community. He was a member of Bethel Grove Bible Church, where he served as an elder and taught Bible studies and Sunday school. He loved to sing and was usually part of a choir, chorus or male quartet.

Survivors include his wife, Rhoda; six children, Fredric Clemens and his wife, Carol; Rosa Hines and her husband, Thomas; Jonathan Clemens and his wife, Ruth; Marcia Ludwig and her husband, Edmund; Conrad Clemens and his wife, Andrea; and Andrea Zuercher and her husband, Ian; three siblings, Olive Kuhns of Harrisonburg, Va., Mildred Yoder of Phoenix, Ariz., and R. Wayne Clemens of Souderton; and 19 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Darlis.

A memorial service was held at New Holland Mennonite Church.