JAROLD EUGENE CLEMENTS

BUTLER- A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 6, at Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Golden City for Jarold Eugene Clements, 80, Butler, who died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, at Baptist Homes in Adrian.

Arrangements are under the direction of Daniel Funeral Home, Lamar.

Contributions are suggested and made payable to Heartland Hospice, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be shared at www.dfhlamar.com.

Survivors include his three daughters, Nikki Leisten and husband Mark, De Soto, Kan., Christian Dennison and husband Ronnie, Adrian and Courtney Tallman and husband Neal, Adrian; eight grandchildren, Shelby Hubbard and husband Josh, Logan Tallman, Zachary Shannon, Sheldon Romi and husband Calvin, Mackenzie Leisten, Owen Tallman, Emi Leisten and Kaden Shannon; two step-grandchildren, Brantley Dennison and Braden Dennison; two great-grandchildren, Whit Hubbard and Rawlings Romi; one brother, Maurice Clements, Lamar; one sister, Sharon Walls and husband John, Blue Springs; four nieces and nephews, along with many other extended family members and family friends.

Mr. Clements was born May 10, 1944, in Greenfield, to Ora Deigh Clements and Mary Irene (Divine) Clements. He grew up on his family's farm in Lamar and loved hunting and fishing. His schooling through sixth grade was in a one-room schoolhouse called Forest Grove. He walked to and from school with his siblings and ate cold gravy sandwiches for lunch. He graduated from Lamar High School in the class of 1962, where he played football for the Tigers.

After high school he attended college at Pittsburg State University. For most of his career he was an insurance agent for the Combined Insurance Company. While working, he traveled across the Midwest and never met a stranger or forgot a name.

He raised three daughters and reminded them often that he wished they were boys. When all three of his daughters were in the same room, he could be found covering his ears. He complained that they talked way too much and way too loud. He also never got a word in around them. He did pass his sarcastic humor onto all three of his daughters. However, they did not share his love for the camouflage clothing.