Obituary - Dayton Daily News - June 24, 1981
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Clune, Mrs. Elizabeth, age 91, formerly of Steele Ave., passed away on Wednesday. She was a member of the St. Ann's Society of St. Mary's church and was a member of the Dayton Catholic Women's Club. She is survived by 2 daughters, Mrs. Marie Downing of Kettering, Mrs. Betty Gierus of Dayton; 2 sons Leroy H. and daughter-in-law Lorraine of Turlock, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Josephine Fambach of Fla.; 4 brothers, Leo and John Schaefer of Dayton, Raymond of Tulsa, Okl. And Aaron in Calif.; also survived by 15 grandchildren; 56 great grandchildren and 6 great great grandchildren. Prayer service 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Westbrock Funeral Home, 1712 Wayne Ave. and Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. at St. Mary Church. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 4-8 p.m.
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Grandma and Grandpa were exact opposites. She was the keeper of the house and more stern and set in her ways. She was a loving Grandma, but she had her ways and nothing changed them. It seems she was always in the kitchen baking sugar cookies or dunking butter bread in her coffee. She never drove a car and briskly walked everywhere, swinging her arms as she walked. Every year after Midnight Mass at St. Mary's Church we would all walk, through the snow, to her house for a meal of pork and grits. And of course sugar cookies!!!! Our Christmas gift were oranges, apples and, of course, sugar cookies!! In her last days we were called to Maria Joseph Nursing Home several times and the priest would be there also for her Last Rites. Once, as soon as he was done, she opened her eyes and said "Fooled you, didn't I." Well, that was one of many times she fooled us. Grandma lost her teeth there and it was discovered too late that they were buried with her room mate. She gave us many laughs and many happy memories. Mary Downing Mahan