BioA: Clintsman, Mr. and Mrs. Fred (Golden - 1973)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Clintsman, Goetz, Wallin, Bickell, Sharp, Roewert, Thompson, Hohman, Kurth

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 3/29/1973

Clintsman, Mr. and Mrs. Fred (Golden - 28 March 1973)

Approximately 100 relatives and friends attended the “Open House” held in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clintsman of Greenwood Sunday in Grace United Methodist Church.

Mrs. Clintsman and her attendant wore corsages of pink and gold-tinted carnations, and Mr. Clintsman wore a boutonniere of white and gold-tinted carnation.

Gold and white streamers decorated the room. The tables held arrangements of yellow roses and white carnations tinged with gold. The anniversary cake was in the form of an open book, with a special quotation from the Bible.

A program was given with Nell Goetz in charge; a prayer, by Marie Thomson; a piano solo, by Richard Goetz; and accordion selection by Susan Clintsman, with David Clintsman on the drums; a cornet solo by Tom Goetz; a solo, “Holy City,” by Gill Goetz, with Elsie Goetz as accompanist; and several selections with Bill Goetz on the guitar and Knute Wallin on the banjo.

Mr. and Mrs. Clintsman were married March 28, 1923, at the home of her parents in Greenwood by the Rev. G. Bickell.

Fred C. Clintsman, son of Charles and Ellen Clintsman, a lifelong resident of Clark County, was born May 26, 1898, in the Town of York.

Mrs. Clintsman the former Luella E. Sharp, was born October, 4, 1901, in Elgin, Nebr. Her parents were Jacob and Lizzie Sharp. She received her education in the Appleton and Greenwood schools, coming here with her parents as a junior in high school.

They both are members of the Grace United Methodist Church. She is a member of the United Methodist Women.

After their marriage they lived for one year on a farm south of Oshkosh, and in 1924 they came to Greenwood and purchased the former Roewert farm, southwest of here. They retired from faming in 1970 and moved into Greenwood.

Their children are: Mrs. Alfred (Marie) Thompson of Curtiss; Mrs. Willis (Irene) Hohman of Watertown; Mrs. Ray Kurth of Wausau; Mrs. James (Nell) Goetz of Stevens Point; Theodore Clintsman of Wausau; and Dale Clintsman of Loyal. There are 15 grandchildren.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Clintsman are in good health and their hobby is gardening.

Original attendants present were Miss Nellie Sharp of Glenwood City, sister of Mrs. Clintsman, and Francis Clintsman of Greenwood, brother of Mr. Clintsman.

Attending the anniversary party were all of their children and their spouses, and all of their grandchildren. Other relatives and friends came from Menomonie Falls, Ripon, Hartford, Gilman, Greenwood, Glenwood City, Wausau, Stevens Point, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Black Creek, and Minneapolis, MN.