Emmet Wesley “Clem” Clements passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, at his residence.
He was born on June 13, 1927, in Wood County on Hammansburg Road to Clifford L. and Beulah Lytle Clements.
He attended 11 different schools – Rollersville, Rudolph, Van Buren, Vanlue, Wayne, Arcadia, Glenwood, Findlay, McComb and Mt. Blanchard and never graduated.
He was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps and spent 33 months in Iwo Jima during WW II. He was a diesel mechanic and elevated to the rank of Tech Sergeant.
Clem was preceded in death by his loving wife, Patricia A. Woessner and son, Wesley Dayne Clements.
He is survived by three children, Charlotte A. Beckman, Linda S. Simon and Bruce W. Clements. He was blessed with 8 grandchildren 12 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren.
He owned A-1 body shop in Findlay, Chevrolet and Superior Coach. He also worked as a concrete foreman at Enrico Fermi Power Plant where his claim to fame was pouring 36,000 yards of concrete in 33 hours nonstop.
He was a 32nd degree Mason, member of the Rite Masonic Bodies #227 Findlay and loved transporting children for the Shriners. He completed transporting children 24,901 miles (once around the world). He has been a member for 60 years and his home Lodge is Mt. Cory #418.
He was a member of Bluffton Trinity United Methodist Church.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, August 25, 2024, from 1-3 p.m. at Coldren-Crates Funeral Home.
A funeral service will begin at 10 a.m. on Monday, August 26, 2024, at Coldren-Crates Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery where full military rites will be conducted by the Hancock County Veterans Memorial Squad.
Online condolences can be expressed to the family by visiting coldrencrates.com.
