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- Hilda Marie Ormasen Clemens - January 13, 1928 - January 10, 2017. Daughter of Thorleif and Edith M. Ridgeway Ormasen. Wife of Robert Bruce Clemens.
Newspaper Obituary - Friday, June 16, 2017 Salmon River News - Pulaski, New York - Hilda Marie Ormasen Clemens (Mom) joined her husband Robert B. Clemens (Dad) in Heaven on January 10, 2017, passing peacefully in hospice in her home at Hilton Head Island, SC. We are comforted that before he passed, Dad told her, “I'll leave the light on for you!” Hilda was a dedicated Christian, Wife, Mother, Teacher, and an example of integrity and industry to all who knew her. Born in Orwell New York on Friday the 13th, 1928, Mom touted every Friday the 13th as her "lucky day!" Mom raised three children while working outside the home, and undertook her college education in elementary education in her late 20's. She graduated from SUNY Oswego in three years and then taught generations of first and second graders in Sandy Creek, New York Schools. Retiring from teaching, Mom and Dad moved from their home in Pulaski, New York to "Camp" in the Adirondacks at Stillwater Reservoir. There they embraced the wilderness with a passion. They later owned second homes in Palm Coast, Florida; then Rocky Mount, North Carolina; and finally; after Dad's passing, Mom moved to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. In each home, Hilda became active in her churches: Pulaski Baptist Church, Big Moose Chapel, Palm Coast Methodist Church, Englewood Methodist Church, and Grace Community Church. Mom loved to sew, and was a talented quilter, being active in quilt guilds wherever she lived. She loved the outdoors, hunting and fishing, snowmobiling and cross-country skiing with Dad in the Adirondacks. Survivors include her son Bob Clemens, and wife Carol, of Hilton Head, South Carolina, Tove Clemens Casper and her husband Bob of Lyman, Wyoming, Sue Ann Clemens of Farmington, New York, grand- daughter Rebecca Clemens Watkins and her husband Brent, and great grandson Jacob Watkins of Rocky Mount, North Carolina. A Celebration of Hilda's Life will be held at the Pulaski Baptist Church, 7 Bridge Street, Pulaski, New York at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 24th. Mom's memory may be honored by donations to the Hilton Head Humane Association, PO Box 21790, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 29925 or the Pulaski Baptist Church. Arrangements by Foster-Hax Funeral Home, 52 Park Street, Pulaski.
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1928 - 2017 (88 years)
d. 31 Mar 2009 (Age 83 years)