DAVID “DAVE” J. CLEMENTS

JOPLIN- A private family memorial service will be held at a later date for David “Dave” J. Clements, 66, who died peacefully on Monday, March 19, 2018, at National Healthcare in Joplin, following a lengthy illness.

Sympathies and condolences can be sent to Gwen Clements, c/o Allison Rhodes, 1115 N. Pennsylvania St., Webb City, MO 64870.

Survivors include his beloved wife of 30 years, “Freeps”, known to the rest as Gwen; his sister, Carol Ann Clements; seven children, Josetta Schnaufer and husband Craig, Bryan Jenkins, Phillip Clements, Jennifer White, Allison Rhodes and husband Mark, Angie Eischeid and husband Steve and Michelle King; 19 grandchildren, Matthew Schnaufer and wife Anna, Amethyst Holland and husband Brian, Chris Canet and wife Natalia, Gabe Jenkins, Nichole Sinnett, Austin White, Shelby Gibson and husband Bret, Brittany Debnar and husband John, Hillary Canoy and husband Jeremy, Michaela Tindall and husband David, Bryant Belcher, Caden Belcher, Channing Crockett, Seth Eischeid, Jordan Eischeid, James Tutrow, Hunter Tutrow, Israel Tutrow, Nicholas Tutrow and 12 great-grandchildren, Liam, Kael, Kellen, Brantley, Wyatt, Brealynn, Hadleigh, Wesson, Lilly, Chance, Peyton and Ally Jo.

Mr. Clements was born May 29, 1951, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, to Robert William Wesley and Lucille Beth (Davis) Clements. He married Gwen on Dec. 5, 1987, in Lamar, where they resided until 2015. He was a truck driver for the majority of his career, delivering fuel to many area towns.

In 2014, he proudly graduated with a Bachelors Degree from the University of Phoenix.

He loved fishing, cooking, making up nicknames, cracking jokes, poking fun, calling 20 times until you picked up the phone just to say hi and spending time with his grandchildren. His favorite sweatshirt, in fact, stated, “No one does it like Grandpa”. If he made fun of you or gave you a silly nickname, then you knew he liked you.