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Long time resident of Hawthorne, Ione Anderson Clontz, age 82, passed through death
Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at Mt. Grant General Hospital in Hawthorne. Ione was born
to Clifford E. Anderson and Esther A. Lundburg Anderson on December 22, 1919 in Marathon,
Iowa, where she spent her early years.
Mrs. Clontz was preceded in death by her parents, one brother Carol Anderson, her husband,
and three daughters, Laurie Kay Woodworth, Charlise Marvelle Robinson, and Nadia George.
Ione, since 1942, has taught piano to a host of students, many of whom were from the
Hawthorne community. She moved here in 1980, and became a member of the Church of the
Nazarene where she was church musician, then going to Walker Lake Baptist Church as c
church musician there, then six years ago Ione came to Macedonia Baptist Church, where
she, in the winter of her years, faithfully served as church musician and ministered in
many areas dedicating herself to the witnessing for Jesus Christ in the Inmate ministries,
Lefa Seran Convalescent Center, and the community as a whole.
Ione is survived by a son, Tony George of Riverside, CA; a daughter, Kristie Lynne Greer
of Vacaville, CA; grandchildren, Deann, Denise, David, Loren, Michael, Deon, Rachel,
Tracy, Vaughn, Donna, Genesis, Derrick, Brandon, Gary, Michelle, Jenn, Tony and Kiernan;
and a host of great-grandchildren; Ken Anderson and Millie Anderson, and a host of
relatives in the east. Her beloved pets Chubby, Fat Boy, Shadow and her cat. Brady also
survive her. Funeral services were held Sunday, September 22 at Macedonia Baptist Church
in Hawthorne, followed by inurnment at Hawthorne Cemetery. Arrangements were under the
direction of Gunter’s Hawthorne Funeral Home.
MCIN 26 Sep 2002
Sorry this took so long.
Cactusgem