| Mary Alberta “Bertie”
Clements, 89 of Leonardtown, MD, died June 27, 2004 in St. Mary’s Nursing Center.
Born May 19, 1915 in Leonardtown, she was the daughter of the late Walter Dawkins Clements
and Sarah Louise Vallandingham Clements. She is survived by her brothers Frank Floyd
Clements and Walter Dawkins Clements, Jr. and sisters, Margaret Etoyle Clements Gulli of
Leonardtown and Agnes Ruth Clements Yacovissi of Baltimore, and nieces and nephews
Margaret “Peggy” Graves Schlosser, Robert “Bobby” Yacovissi, William
“Billy” Yacovissi, Linda Lee Saunders Pixton, Donald Edward “Donnie”
Saunders, Wayne Saunders, Carri Diane Clements Chick, William Robert “Bobby”
Clements, John Lee Clements, Robert Clements, Jeannette Clements, Elizabeth Clements,
William “Billy” Joseph Greaser and John “Johnny” Charles Greaser and
great nieces, Susan Marie Schlosser Leach and Sharon Margaret Schlosser Mattingly and
other great nieces and great nephews. She is also survived by a great-great nephew,
Bradley Wayne Mattingly. Miss Clements was predeceased by brothers, Charles Louis
Clements, William Maurice Clements; sisters, Florine Elizabeth Clements Saunders, Frances
Eileen Clements and Rose Marie Clements Kempe and a nephew Charles Andrew Clements. Miss
Clements was a lifelong St. Mary’s County resident who loved to listen to the
Baltimore Oriole and New York Yankee baseball games. She also loved to read and listen to
music. Miss Clements worked at the Leonardtown Laundry, St. Mary’s Beacon Newspaper,
Leonardtown, MD and Enquirer-Gazette Newspaper, Upper Marlboro,. She retired in 1970. She
also worked in the Samuel Sowell’s Drug Store for 13 years in Leonardtown. Miss
Clements was a charter member of the Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department Ladies
Auxiliary and a lifelong member of St. Aloysius Catholic Church. The family will receive
friends on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 from 12:00 Noon – 1:00 PM in the
Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, where a funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM with Fr.
Rory Conley officiating. Interment will follow in St. Aloysius Catholic Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to the Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 299,
Leonardtown, MD 20650 and/or the Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 50,
Leonardtown, MD 20650 |
