Obituary of Marvel M Clement

Marvel M. Clement Marvel passed from this life on Saturday evening, January 21, 2017, at Accura Health Care West in Newton. Marvel M. Clement,99, was born July 9, 1917, near Newton, the daughter of John and Merle (Anthony) Hitchler. She graduated from Newton Senior High School, and attended Normal Training and taught in area country schools. On June 22, 1937, Marvel was united in marriage with Carl Lind Clement in rural Newton. Marvel was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great grandmother, and she will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved her. She was a member of the Sugar Grove Grange, Metz Community Church, where she taught Sunday School, and was the first Woman Soil Conservation Commissioner in the State of Iowa. She enjoyed her family and feeding her birds. Marvel is survived by her daughter Caroline (Ed) Rasmussen of Newton; a sister Marjorie Lane of Newton; her five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren: half-brother Robert (Judy) Hitchler; and many friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Carl Clement; a daughter Janice Butler; a granddaughter Carol Ann Rasmussen; a great-grandson Robert Wade Benson; her sister Marilyn Edgeton and brother George Hitchler. A time of remembrance and celebration of life will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, January 26, 2016, at the Pence – Reese Funeral Home in Newton, with a visitation an hour prior to the services. Burial will be in the Sugar Grove (Metz) Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left to Metz Community Church, in Marvel's name.