June 22, 1944 - August 19, 2005
 

Born in Butler, Pennsylvania on June 22, 1944 he was the son of the late Samuel C. Clements and Alice Smith Clements.

He had been an English teacher in the Butler School system for 30 years and had previously taught English at Brentwood High School. Mr. Clements had also run a branch office of Ralph A. Nicholas Real Estate in Slippery Rock, and had served as co-manager at the Plaza Theatre in Butler for a period of ten years.

Mr. Clements graduated from Butler Area High School and obtained a B.A. degree in English at Thiel College. He received a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

He was a member of the Highland Presbyterian Church of Slippery Rock and served as a trustee and on session. He was affiliated with the state and local branches of the National Education Association and a member of the Butler County Historical Society and the National Council of Teachers of English. Mr. Clements was also a member and past president of the Slippery Rock Park Civic Association. In recent years he had been active in the Sigma Phi Epsilon Alumni Association at Thiel College. Mr. Clements served in numerous positions in this organization and had recently been voted the recipient of its Outstanding Alumni Award. He was a past member and officer in the Butler Area Jaycees and had served in the National Teacher Corps.

He was the catalyst and editor of three books written by his senior high school English classes. Builders Dreamers Scandals Schemer and Favorite Sons and Sons of Guns concerned historical incidents in Butler County. The third book Silent Heroes Among Us recounted the exploits of members of the 8^{th Air Force during WW II. For this creation he received the National Freedoms Foundation Award. In 1999 he co-authored Lost Butler with his father-in-law, the late William Robert Brandberg.}

Mr. Clements is survived by his wife, Charlotte Brandberg Clements, daughter, Darla Ann Moore of Charlotte, North Carolina, a son, William Clements of Boulder, Colorado and a brother Kaye E. Clements of Rockville, Maryland.

Family and friends will be received at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania 16001 on Monday, August 22, 2005 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and also at the church from 10 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, August 23, 2005.

Services will be held at the Highland Presbyterian Church, 310 Franklin Street, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania 16057 on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. with the Reverend Rusty Stuart officiating.

Interment will be in Slippery Rock Cemetery, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania.

Memorial donations may be made to Highland Presbyterian Church, 310 Franklin Street, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania 16057 or the Slippery Rock Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Team, 162 Elm Street, Post Office Box 39, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania 16057.

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