Stanley Tobias Clem
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Dublin Core
Title
Stanley Tobias Clem
Subject
Clem, Stanley Tobias (1927-2009)
Military personnel - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Description
Portrait of Stanley Tobias Clem (1927-2009) wearing his Civil Air Patrol uniform. The markings on his shoulder indicate he was a cadet in this photo.
Stanley was one of at least ten children born to Tobias Samuel (1887-1957) and Maggie Catherine (Walters) (1896-1952) Clem, a farming couple in Fort Valley.
Stanley Clem grew up in Fort Valley and was a 1946 graduate of Edinburg High School. He served in the U.S. Civil Air Patrol during WWII. After school, he landed a job with Bethlehem Steel as a crane operator at their plant at Sparrow Point, Maryland.
In 1947, he was the best man at his brother, Paul’s, wedding in Baltimore, Maryland.
A year later, Stanley married Barbara Jean (Donovan) Clem in Baltimore. The couple was married for 8 years before divorcing in 1958. They had two children together, however, one of them, Ronald Lee Clem (1955-1955) was born prematurely, and did not live.
He married for the second time in 1960. His bride was Genevieve Strickler, a clerk living in Arlington but born in Woodstock. Her parents were Thomas and Olive Bertha (Sibert) Strickler. Stanley and Genevieve had at least one daughter together, Amy Loraine Strickler.
When Stanley died, he was in Los Angeles County, California. His remains were buried in Fort Valley.
Stanley was one of at least ten children born to Tobias Samuel (1887-1957) and Maggie Catherine (Walters) (1896-1952) Clem, a farming couple in Fort Valley.
Stanley Clem grew up in Fort Valley and was a 1946 graduate of Edinburg High School. He served in the U.S. Civil Air Patrol during WWII. After school, he landed a job with Bethlehem Steel as a crane operator at their plant at Sparrow Point, Maryland.
In 1947, he was the best man at his brother, Paul’s, wedding in Baltimore, Maryland.
A year later, Stanley married Barbara Jean (Donovan) Clem in Baltimore. The couple was married for 8 years before divorcing in 1958. They had two children together, however, one of them, Ronald Lee Clem (1955-1955) was born prematurely, and did not live.
He married for the second time in 1960. His bride was Genevieve Strickler, a clerk living in Arlington but born in Woodstock. Her parents were Thomas and Olive Bertha (Sibert) Strickler. Stanley and Genevieve had at least one daughter together, Amy Loraine Strickler.
When Stanley died, he was in Los Angeles County, California. His remains were buried in Fort Valley.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
ca 1945-1946
Contributor
Identified by Lorraine Boyer Zirkle who went to school with the subject.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Stanley Tobias Clem appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002430, 002946, and 003678.
Identifier
003678
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negatives
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Stanley Tobias Clem,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 30, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/30989.
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