J.C. Clemmer, 93, peacefully passed away at his home Saturday, February 23, 2019. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at the Assembly of God Church in Glasgow, Montana. Burial will follow in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow, Montana. Condolences may be left for the family at bellmortuarymontana.com.
J.C. was born at home to Parker Estle and Essie Mildred (Beatty) Clemmer on September 9, 1925. He was the third of seven children. J.C.’s mother died when he was ten. J.C. received his education in schools at Reed and Altus, Oklahoma. Much of his learning was self-taught as he had to quit school and go to work to help make it easier for his father to raise the younger Clemmers.
As a teenager, J.C. had already begun making a living for himself. He followed the combine harvest north from Oklahoma. He was working in Wyoming and not yet eighteen when World War II began. As soon as he was old enough, he enlisted in the Navy Seabees at Cheyenne in 1943. J.C. was stationed at Saipan during the war. He was honorably discharged in 1946. Not long after that, he came to Montana and worked at a number of places. He went to Oregon and worked for a while and then came back to Montana. He seemed to prefer the Hinsdale, Montana area.
J.C. met Jean Wessler at the Rainbow Room in Hinsdale on January 4, 1953. J.C. was there for a bite to eat. Jean had just returned from Christmas vacation and had also gone there to have something to eat. J.C. and Jean were married six months to the day they met, July 4, 1953. Shortly afterwards, they went to Lebanon, Oregon, where his family had relocated from Oklahoma. After six months, the cloudy and rainy weather got the best of them and Montana called them back. They have made their home in Glasgow since February of 1954. Jean died November 15, 2008. Jean and J.C. were married for over 55 years. They had three children: Roberta “Bobbie”, Wanda and Paul.
J.C. worked for the State Highway Department from June 1, 1956 to January 4, 1991. He used to help family and friends on their ranch for years during his off time. He was the family fix-it man. If he couldn’t fix it, it was broken beyond repair.
J.C. was preceded in death by his wife Jean; his parents; sisters, Mildred Zuhlke and Ristora Morris and brother, Melvin Clemmer.
He is survived by daughters, Roberta (Richard) Britzman and Wanda Clemmer; a son, Paul Clemmer; grandchildren, Stacy (Brent) Joseph, John (Katie) Britzman, Janeen Britzman (Ben Unterseher), Carla (Ricci) Olson, and Hannah, Wyatt, and Zane Clemmer; great-grandchildren, Leinie Hughes, Gabriel Hughes, Deshawn Joseph, Clair Britzman, Kendal Britzman, Paityn Britzman, Chezney Olson, Lakelyn Olson and Kreed Olson; his sister, Ellen Rogers; brothers, Ernest Clemmer and Calvin Clemmer and numerous nieces and nephews.
Beth Ann Wiedeman says
Bobbie and family, sorry for your loss, prayers for you in this time of grieving.