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 Clinton, 1 year old |
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 Clinton on left, with Esther (background), Earl, and Oscar Flint |
 Oscar Flint, Clinton Lundy, Earl, and Esther Flint |
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Marriage License 1st marriage to Margaret Jennings |
Marriage License 2nd marriage to Rema Madeline Lewis |
 March 1945, Germany |
 April 1945, Germany |
 Separation from Army 12 May 1946 Notice of separation lists place of employment and lists Joseph as married with one dependent. |
 Honorable Discharge 12 May 1946 |
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 Obituary |
 Death notice |
 Funeral program |
 Joseph Clinton Lundy Death Certificate |
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 4 months old
Joseph Clinton Lundy
Born: 5 Jan 1914, Vinita, OK
Died: 21 Sept 1977, Liberal, KS
Interred: Park Cemetery, Carthage, MO
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 April 1945, somewhere in Germany
Zelma Zelia Zink Elliott Lundy
Born: 22 Sept 1917, St. Clair, MO
Died: 7 May 2002, Carthage, MO
Interred: Park Cemetery, Carthage, MO |
 Lee, Zelma, Clint, Sue, Jack, and Dean, 1965 |
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Clint was first married quite young, like right out of school, divorced, then married Madeline Lewis (Mercer?) of Fort Worth. When
Clint married Madeline, she had a daughter named Joan or Joanne. Madelaine’s family was big in the trucking business in Fort Worth. Clint may have been driving for them.
In the 50s, they moved to Miami and Clint helped in the funeral business at Lundy-Morton Funeral Home, but Madeline didn’t care for Miami and eventually returned to Texas.
They separated, but Clint didn't divorce her until 1958 after meeting Zelma.
Zelma met him in 1954 or so, or at least brought him home that year. She'd been widowed in 1952 and Lee and I were told that her step father wasn't good to her and she'd never
remarry without our permission. What power she gave us!! I remember standing behind her and peeking out at his guy and him smiling at me that night.
They got pretty serious pretty quickly and though he hadn't lived with his wife since 1945 he hadn't bothered with a divorce either. As their relationship deepened, the
new factory owners that had built Smith and Loveless beside our service station told Mom if she knew a truck driver with his own truck they could keep him busy.
Mom co-signed for a loan for Daddy to get his first truck then worried about what she'd done. She was an astute businesswoman and second guessed herself about cosigning
for this man. The next year Smith and Loveless told him if he'd buy another truck and hire a driver they had the work. When he sold out in 1970 to buy into Best Western
motels with his brothers Lloyd and Bob, he had 10 trucks.
Clint was a Mason, then a Shriner in the Abdullah motor patrol. He was unfailingly kind and generous and just a wonderful person, as were all the Lundys. I remember
meeting his Mother May Herrod Lundy just before her husband died and from that time forward was treated like one of her grandchildren. When I married she lived in
Vinita and we lived in Neosho and Jack and I would go over sometimes on his day off to see her but seldom caught her at home. She came to spend a night or two with
us while I was pregnant with Dean and taught me to make gravy and was thrilled to do it.
Daddy put Lee through years of college, raised me as his own and loved our children. He was almost afraid of the tiny babies, but once they could smile and play,
talk and walk, he was theirs. He was one of the best men I ever knew and in all the years I had him, I only saw him mad once - he spilled an entire gallon of paint
and I laughed.....he suggested to Mom who was also laughing that we should leave.
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2nd Battalion, 304th Infantry |
 Maybe Germany |
 Germany, Victory Day, 9 May 1945, Germany surrendered |
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 Clint Lundy in "Baby", first car he bought for Sue, circa 1961-1963 |
 Spring 1969, Transmission Topics Magazine |
 Spring 1969, Transmission Topics Magazine |
 Clint and Zelma, 1972 |
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 Clint Lundy with Shriners, Liberal, KS |
 Clint and Zelma |
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