The picture that I have posted is of Cleff (on the left) with his parents, Frank & Filana Giltner. Cleff is buried with his parents.
Clefford's obituary, which I have transcribed below, gave his place of birth as Ottumwa. According to his birth record in ancestry.com, Clefford was born in Dahlonega Township, Wapello County, Iowa.
According to an article published in The Washington Evening Journal on October 13, 1971, Eva Giltner married James L. Flanegan on October 9, 1971 in Washington, Iowa, in the home of Justice of the Peace Glenn Holden, who officiated.
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Obituary from Ottumwa Courier, Saturday, June 26, 1971, Page 12:
Clefford D. Giltner, 88, of Washington, Iowa, died Thursday in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City after a nine-week illness.
The funeral will be Monday, 1:30 p.m. at Sherman-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, conducted by the Rev. M.O. Smith. Burial will be in Ottumwa Cemetery.
He was born Aug. 2, 1882, at Ottumwa [sic], the son of Frank and Felina [sic] Giltner, and was reared and educated in Ottumwa. He was first married to Olive Vest. On Nov. 5, 1956 [sic], he married Eva Hayes Jones in Atchison, Kan. He was a member of the United Methodist Church. He moved to Washington seven years ago from Carson City, Nev., where he was a night watchman and janitor at the capitol.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Eva Giltner; four daughters, Mrs. Raymond Hiller of Washington, Mrs. William Geering [sic] of Tacoma, Mrs. Harold Nelson of Ottumwa and Mrs. Grover Elsensohn of Agency; two sons, Samuel of Minneapolis and Frank of Oceanside, Calif.; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Donald Kearney of Iowa City, Mrs. James Hoppenrath of Hillsboro, Wis., and Mrs. Norman Kelly of Mojave, Calif., and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Transcriber's Notes: The correct spelling of the first name for Cleff's mother was Filana. The correct spelling for the name of his daughter Clara was Mrs. William Goering.
Clefford's obituary, which I have transcribed below, gave his place of birth as Ottumwa. According to his birth record in ancestry.com, Clefford was born in Dahlonega Township, Wapello County, Iowa.
According to an article published in The Washington Evening Journal on October 13, 1971, Eva Giltner married James L. Flanegan on October 9, 1971 in Washington, Iowa, in the home of Justice of the Peace Glenn Holden, who officiated.
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Obituary from Ottumwa Courier, Saturday, June 26, 1971, Page 12:
Clefford D. Giltner, 88, of Washington, Iowa, died Thursday in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City after a nine-week illness.
The funeral will be Monday, 1:30 p.m. at Sherman-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, conducted by the Rev. M.O. Smith. Burial will be in Ottumwa Cemetery.
He was born Aug. 2, 1882, at Ottumwa [sic], the son of Frank and Felina [sic] Giltner, and was reared and educated in Ottumwa. He was first married to Olive Vest. On Nov. 5, 1956 [sic], he married Eva Hayes Jones in Atchison, Kan. He was a member of the United Methodist Church. He moved to Washington seven years ago from Carson City, Nev., where he was a night watchman and janitor at the capitol.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Eva Giltner; four daughters, Mrs. Raymond Hiller of Washington, Mrs. William Geering [sic] of Tacoma, Mrs. Harold Nelson of Ottumwa and Mrs. Grover Elsensohn of Agency; two sons, Samuel of Minneapolis and Frank of Oceanside, Calif.; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Donald Kearney of Iowa City, Mrs. James Hoppenrath of Hillsboro, Wis., and Mrs. Norman Kelly of Mojave, Calif., and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Transcriber's Notes: The correct spelling of the first name for Cleff's mother was Filana. The correct spelling for the name of his daughter Clara was Mrs. William Goering.
The picture that I have posted is of Cleff (on the left) with his parents, Frank & Filana Giltner. Cleff is buried with his parents.
Clefford's obituary, which I have transcribed below, gave his place of birth as Ottumwa. According to his birth record in ancestry.com, Clefford was born in Dahlonega Township, Wapello County, Iowa.
According to an article published in The Washington Evening Journal on October 13, 1971, Eva Giltner married James L. Flanegan on October 9, 1971 in Washington, Iowa, in the home of Justice of the Peace Glenn Holden, who officiated.
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Obituary from Ottumwa Courier, Saturday, June 26, 1971, Page 12:
Clefford D. Giltner, 88, of Washington, Iowa, died Thursday in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City after a nine-week illness.
The funeral will be Monday, 1:30 p.m. at Sherman-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, conducted by the Rev. M.O. Smith. Burial will be in Ottumwa Cemetery.
He was born Aug. 2, 1882, at Ottumwa [sic], the son of Frank and Felina [sic] Giltner, and was reared and educated in Ottumwa. He was first married to Olive Vest. On Nov. 5, 1956 [sic], he married Eva Hayes Jones in Atchison, Kan. He was a member of the United Methodist Church. He moved to Washington seven years ago from Carson City, Nev., where he was a night watchman and janitor at the capitol.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Eva Giltner; four daughters, Mrs. Raymond Hiller of Washington, Mrs. William Geering [sic] of Tacoma, Mrs. Harold Nelson of Ottumwa and Mrs. Grover Elsensohn of Agency; two sons, Samuel of Minneapolis and Frank of Oceanside, Calif.; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Donald Kearney of Iowa City, Mrs. James Hoppenrath of Hillsboro, Wis., and Mrs. Norman Kelly of Mojave, Calif., and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Transcriber's Notes: The correct spelling of the first name for Cleff's mother was Filana. The correct spelling for the name of his daughter Clara was Mrs. William Goering.
Clefford's obituary, which I have transcribed below, gave his place of birth as Ottumwa. According to his birth record in ancestry.com, Clefford was born in Dahlonega Township, Wapello County, Iowa.
According to an article published in The Washington Evening Journal on October 13, 1971, Eva Giltner married James L. Flanegan on October 9, 1971 in Washington, Iowa, in the home of Justice of the Peace Glenn Holden, who officiated.
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Obituary from Ottumwa Courier, Saturday, June 26, 1971, Page 12:
Clefford D. Giltner, 88, of Washington, Iowa, died Thursday in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City after a nine-week illness.
The funeral will be Monday, 1:30 p.m. at Sherman-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, conducted by the Rev. M.O. Smith. Burial will be in Ottumwa Cemetery.
He was born Aug. 2, 1882, at Ottumwa [sic], the son of Frank and Felina [sic] Giltner, and was reared and educated in Ottumwa. He was first married to Olive Vest. On Nov. 5, 1956 [sic], he married Eva Hayes Jones in Atchison, Kan. He was a member of the United Methodist Church. He moved to Washington seven years ago from Carson City, Nev., where he was a night watchman and janitor at the capitol.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Eva Giltner; four daughters, Mrs. Raymond Hiller of Washington, Mrs. William Geering [sic] of Tacoma, Mrs. Harold Nelson of Ottumwa and Mrs. Grover Elsensohn of Agency; two sons, Samuel of Minneapolis and Frank of Oceanside, Calif.; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Donald Kearney of Iowa City, Mrs. James Hoppenrath of Hillsboro, Wis., and Mrs. Norman Kelly of Mojave, Calif., and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Transcriber's Notes: The correct spelling of the first name for Cleff's mother was Filana. The correct spelling for the name of his daughter Clara was Mrs. William Goering.
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