This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: clem muntz dull toms Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ei.2ADI/1601.2 Message Board Post: THE SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE TUSDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1928. sec. 2 p. 1 WILLIAM CLEM,FORMER SCHOOL OFFICIAL, DIES. ------------------------------------- Served as Treasurer of Education Board For Eleven Years. -------------------------------------- SERIOUSLY ILL FOUR MONTHS ----------------------------------------------------- Appointed County Superintendent in 1897, Concluding Term in 1909. ------------------------------------------------------- William Clem. age 60 of 629 Cottage Grove avenue fora number of years connected with the school system of South Bend and St Joseph Co. died this morning at 1 o'clock in the Epworth Hospital. after an illness of four months. At the time of his death Mr. Clem was cashier at the N.P. Bowsher company, which position he had held for a number of years. Mr. Clem was born in St Joseph Co. near Walkerton. March 30, 1868 and had spent 31 years of his life in South Bend. For a number of years he taught school and was appointed county superintendant of schools in 1897 serving untill 1909 At one time he was in charge of the schools in Walkerton, this County. He was appointed fto the school board here by former Mayor Fred W. Keller and was reappointed by Mayors F.R. Carson and Eli F. Seebert. He was a republican and in replaceing him by a democrat Mayor C.R. Montomery. The present mayor, followed the usual custom in such matters. Usually the offices on the school board are rotated among it's members but at the request of other members of the board Mr. Clem retained the Treasureship during 11 of his 12 years of service devoting sspecial attention to the financial side of the school system although being thoroughly familiar with its other aspects. Surviving him are his widow former Miss. Carrie Hostetter whom he married in Walkerton may 18, 1892 one son Frank Clem of Elizabeth N.J. and five sisters Mrs James Gorsline and Mrs. William Steel of Walkerton and Mrs. Mary Van Winkle Mrs. Charles Glassman and Mrs. S.R. DeCoudes of this city Mr Clem had been a member of Westminster Presbyterian church for 28 years. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1928 sec 1 p, 5 FUNERAL NOTES Funeral services for William Clem will be held at the residence 629 Cotage Grove avenue at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. Rev. H. P. Hostetter, secretary of the Presbyterian church will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery. The body may be viewed this evening in the residence. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- St Joseph Co. Lib. Necrology file # 1949