HAMBURG — Dora U. Clendenny, 85, died at 4:50 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, 1998, at her home in Hamburg.
She was born Aug. 31, 1913, in Pleasant Hill, a daughter of the late Commadore Perry and Ada Maude (Ball) Shelton.
A graduate of Pleasant Hill High School, she was Hamburg village treasurer for many years and was a member of the Order of Eastern Star Pleasant Hill Chapter and a charter member of the Hamburg Mothers Club.
A homemaker, she married Leo N. "Sam" Clendenny July 28, 1934, in Carrollton. He died Oct. 5, 1996.
Surviving are two sons, Jerry Clendenny of Minooka, and Ed Clendenny of Pleasant; Hill; three daughters, Janice A. Aderton of LaSalle, Ill., Nancy J. Maddox of Peters¬burg, Ill., and Sandra J. Chronister of Little Rock, Ark.; 14 grandchildren; nine great- grandchildren; two brothers, Perry Shelton and Eddie Shelton, both of Jerseyville; numerous nieces and nephews; and very special friends, Joe and Lela Tosh of Hamburg.
She was preceded in death by two sons, Joe and Nick Clendenny; a brother; and two sisters.
Visitation was Friday at Ward-Lummis Funeral Home in Pleasant Hill, where Services were conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, 1998. The Rev. Edward J. Maddox officiated.
Burial was at Crescent Heights Cemetery in Pleasant Hill.
Submitted by Bill Browning
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