Kermit and Martin were not adopted by Clingman. They merely assumed the name.
Contributor: Fred Clingman (50659641)
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Dora did not have three children with Mr. Clingman. She only had two. Vance was Corwin's middle name. There was a total of four sons: Kermit Frederick; Martin Theodore, Jr.; Corwin Vance and Howard Russell.
Alice
Contributor: Alice (47129198)
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Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA) 25 Apr 1973, Wed., pg. 33
KERMIT F. CLINGMAN
Services for Kermit F. Clingman, 63, of 4023 Douglas Ave. will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Westover Funeral Home, with burial in Chapel Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Clingman died of a heart attack at his home Monday after a two-year illness.
He was born in Dallas, Ia., and lived in Melcher and Loveland, Colo., before coming to Des Moines 31 years ago. He was a retired cook at the Veterans Hospital and a member of the Culinary Association.
Survivors include his wife, Evelyn C.; three sons, Glenn of Beale Air Force Base, Calif., James of Des Moines, and Fred of Anchorage, Alaska; two daughters, Mrs. Janice Andersen of Des Moines, and Mrs. Karen Rubino of Rockford, Ill.; his mother, Mrs. Dora C. Clingman of Melcher; three brothers, Martin and Russell, both of Des Moines, and Vance of Knoxville, and 10 grandchildren.
Contributor: Alice (47129198)
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The bio is wrong here. They had two more sons: Corwin Vance is one child and Howard Rusell the other. This bio shows Corwin & Vance as two sons.
Alice
Contributor: Alice (47129198)
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Kermit was adopted by Dora (Goering) Heinke's second husband, Gary E. Clingman (1878-1954). Dora (1882-1979) was first married to Pastor Fred Heinke's son, Martin Heinke (1883-1911), on 11-24-1906. Martin drowned while swimming on an outing when Dora was pregnant with their second child, Martin Jr. After she married Gary Clingman, he adopted the two boys and they had 3 more boys - Corvin, Vance and Russell. R--- written by Merry Maitre
Contributor: Fred Clingman (50659641)
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Dora did not have three children with Mr. Clingman. She only had two. Vance was Corwin's middle name. There was a total of four sons: Kermit Frederick; Martin Theodore, Jr.; Corwin Vance and Howard Russell.
Alice
Contributor: Alice (47129198)
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Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA) 25 Apr 1973, Wed., pg. 33
KERMIT F. CLINGMAN
Services for Kermit F. Clingman, 63, of 4023 Douglas Ave. will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Westover Funeral Home, with burial in Chapel Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Clingman died of a heart attack at his home Monday after a two-year illness.
He was born in Dallas, Ia., and lived in Melcher and Loveland, Colo., before coming to Des Moines 31 years ago. He was a retired cook at the Veterans Hospital and a member of the Culinary Association.
Survivors include his wife, Evelyn C.; three sons, Glenn of Beale Air Force Base, Calif., James of Des Moines, and Fred of Anchorage, Alaska; two daughters, Mrs. Janice Andersen of Des Moines, and Mrs. Karen Rubino of Rockford, Ill.; his mother, Mrs. Dora C. Clingman of Melcher; three brothers, Martin and Russell, both of Des Moines, and Vance of Knoxville, and 10 grandchildren.
Contributor: Alice (47129198)
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The bio is wrong here. They had two more sons: Corwin Vance is one child and Howard Rusell the other. This bio shows Corwin & Vance as two sons.
Alice
Contributor: Alice (47129198)
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Kermit was adopted by Dora (Goering) Heinke's second husband, Gary E. Clingman (1878-1954). Dora (1882-1979) was first married to Pastor Fred Heinke's son, Martin Heinke (1883-1911), on 11-24-1906. Martin drowned while swimming on an outing when Dora was pregnant with their second child, Martin Jr. After she married Gary Clingman, he adopted the two boys and they had 3 more boys - Corvin, Vance and Russell. R--- written by Merry Maitre
Kermit and Martin were not adopted by Clingman. They merely assumed the name.
Contributor: Fred Clingman (50659641)
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Dora did not have three children with Mr. Clingman. She only had two. Vance was Corwin's middle name. There was a total of four sons: Kermit Frederick; Martin Theodore, Jr.; Corwin Vance and Howard Russell.
Alice
Contributor: Alice (47129198)
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Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA) 25 Apr 1973, Wed., pg. 33
KERMIT F. CLINGMAN
Services for Kermit F. Clingman, 63, of 4023 Douglas Ave. will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Westover Funeral Home, with burial in Chapel Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Clingman died of a heart attack at his home Monday after a two-year illness.
He was born in Dallas, Ia., and lived in Melcher and Loveland, Colo., before coming to Des Moines 31 years ago. He was a retired cook at the Veterans Hospital and a member of the Culinary Association.
Survivors include his wife, Evelyn C.; three sons, Glenn of Beale Air Force Base, Calif., James of Des Moines, and Fred of Anchorage, Alaska; two daughters, Mrs. Janice Andersen of Des Moines, and Mrs. Karen Rubino of Rockford, Ill.; his mother, Mrs. Dora C. Clingman of Melcher; three brothers, Martin and Russell, both of Des Moines, and Vance of Knoxville, and 10 grandchildren.
Contributor: Alice (47129198)
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The bio is wrong here. They had two more sons: Corwin Vance is one child and Howard Rusell the other. This bio shows Corwin & Vance as two sons.
Alice
Contributor: Alice (47129198)
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Kermit was adopted by Dora (Goering) Heinke's second husband, Gary E. Clingman (1878-1954). Dora (1882-1979) was first married to Pastor Fred Heinke's son, Martin Heinke (1883-1911), on 11-24-1906. Martin drowned while swimming on an outing when Dora was pregnant with their second child, Martin Jr. After she married Gary Clingman, he adopted the two boys and they had 3 more boys - Corvin, Vance and Russell. R--- written by Merry Maitre
Contributor: Fred Clingman (50659641)
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Dora did not have three children with Mr. Clingman. She only had two. Vance was Corwin's middle name. There was a total of four sons: Kermit Frederick; Martin Theodore, Jr.; Corwin Vance and Howard Russell.
Alice
Contributor: Alice (47129198)
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Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA) 25 Apr 1973, Wed., pg. 33
KERMIT F. CLINGMAN
Services for Kermit F. Clingman, 63, of 4023 Douglas Ave. will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Westover Funeral Home, with burial in Chapel Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Clingman died of a heart attack at his home Monday after a two-year illness.
He was born in Dallas, Ia., and lived in Melcher and Loveland, Colo., before coming to Des Moines 31 years ago. He was a retired cook at the Veterans Hospital and a member of the Culinary Association.
Survivors include his wife, Evelyn C.; three sons, Glenn of Beale Air Force Base, Calif., James of Des Moines, and Fred of Anchorage, Alaska; two daughters, Mrs. Janice Andersen of Des Moines, and Mrs. Karen Rubino of Rockford, Ill.; his mother, Mrs. Dora C. Clingman of Melcher; three brothers, Martin and Russell, both of Des Moines, and Vance of Knoxville, and 10 grandchildren.
Contributor: Alice (47129198)
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The bio is wrong here. They had two more sons: Corwin Vance is one child and Howard Rusell the other. This bio shows Corwin & Vance as two sons.
Alice
Contributor: Alice (47129198)
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Kermit was adopted by Dora (Goering) Heinke's second husband, Gary E. Clingman (1878-1954). Dora (1882-1979) was first married to Pastor Fred Heinke's son, Martin Heinke (1883-1911), on 11-24-1906. Martin drowned while swimming on an outing when Dora was pregnant with their second child, Martin Jr. After she married Gary Clingman, he adopted the two boys and they had 3 more boys - Corvin, Vance and Russell. R--- written by Merry Maitre
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