Lillian Blanche "Jerry" Clements, 94, who managed the medical practice of her husband, Dr. William H. Clements, died of congestive heart failure Dec. 7 at her home in Hyattsville, where she had lived for the past 50 years.
Mrs. Clements was born in North Braddock, Pa., and moved to Washington as a child. She graduated from Eastern High School and attended George Washington University. She competed in interscholastic track and field events while in school, and she played tennis in area tournaments.
In the 1920s, she was a sports reporter at the old Washington Times under the byline Jerry Martin. Later, she wrote for the old Washington Herald under the byline Joanne.
Mrs. Clements was a member of the Capitol Hill History Club, the Capitol Hill Garden Club, the P.E.O. Sisterhood, the National League of American Pen Women, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the West River Yacht Club Buoy Belles, the Potomac River Power Squadron Gulls, the Prince George's County Historical Society and the Providence Hospital Women's Board.
She did needlework and Japanese flower arranging.
She married Clements in 1929 and managed his practice on Capitol Hill and later in Hyattsville until he died in 1968.
Survivors include three children, Nancy Freedom of Pleasanton, Calif., Patricia Graham of Hyattsville and Bill Jr. of Cheverly and Cobb Island, Md.; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The Washington Post, December 15, 2002.
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Mrs. Clements was born in North Braddock, Pa., and moved to Washington as a child. She graduated from Eastern High School and attended George Washington University. She competed in interscholastic track and field events while in school, and she played tennis in area tournaments.
In the 1920s, she was a sports reporter at the old Washington Times under the byline Jerry Martin. Later, she wrote for the old Washington Herald under the byline Joanne.
Mrs. Clements was a member of the Capitol Hill History Club, the Capitol Hill Garden Club, the P.E.O. Sisterhood, the National League of American Pen Women, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the West River Yacht Club Buoy Belles, the Potomac River Power Squadron Gulls, the Prince George's County Historical Society and the Providence Hospital Women's Board.
She did needlework and Japanese flower arranging.
She married Clements in 1929 and managed his practice on Capitol Hill and later in Hyattsville until he died in 1968.
Survivors include three children, Nancy Freedom of Pleasanton, Calif., Patricia Graham of Hyattsville and Bill Jr. of Cheverly and Cobb Island, Md.; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The Washington Post, December 15, 2002.
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Lillian Blanche "Jerry" Clements, 94, who managed the medical practice of her husband, Dr. William H. Clements, died of congestive heart failure Dec. 7 at her home in Hyattsville, where she had lived for the past 50 years.
Mrs. Clements was born in North Braddock, Pa., and moved to Washington as a child. She graduated from Eastern High School and attended George Washington University. She competed in interscholastic track and field events while in school, and she played tennis in area tournaments.
In the 1920s, she was a sports reporter at the old Washington Times under the byline Jerry Martin. Later, she wrote for the old Washington Herald under the byline Joanne.
Mrs. Clements was a member of the Capitol Hill History Club, the Capitol Hill Garden Club, the P.E.O. Sisterhood, the National League of American Pen Women, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the West River Yacht Club Buoy Belles, the Potomac River Power Squadron Gulls, the Prince George's County Historical Society and the Providence Hospital Women's Board.
She did needlework and Japanese flower arranging.
She married Clements in 1929 and managed his practice on Capitol Hill and later in Hyattsville until he died in 1968.
Survivors include three children, Nancy Freedom of Pleasanton, Calif., Patricia Graham of Hyattsville and Bill Jr. of Cheverly and Cobb Island, Md.; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The Washington Post, December 15, 2002.
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Mrs. Clements was born in North Braddock, Pa., and moved to Washington as a child. She graduated from Eastern High School and attended George Washington University. She competed in interscholastic track and field events while in school, and she played tennis in area tournaments.
In the 1920s, she was a sports reporter at the old Washington Times under the byline Jerry Martin. Later, she wrote for the old Washington Herald under the byline Joanne.
Mrs. Clements was a member of the Capitol Hill History Club, the Capitol Hill Garden Club, the P.E.O. Sisterhood, the National League of American Pen Women, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the West River Yacht Club Buoy Belles, the Potomac River Power Squadron Gulls, the Prince George's County Historical Society and the Providence Hospital Women's Board.
She did needlework and Japanese flower arranging.
She married Clements in 1929 and managed his practice on Capitol Hill and later in Hyattsville until he died in 1968.
Survivors include three children, Nancy Freedom of Pleasanton, Calif., Patricia Graham of Hyattsville and Bill Jr. of Cheverly and Cobb Island, Md.; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The Washington Post, December 15, 2002.
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