TITLE:  Clelia Matthew Mengebier

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, July 26, 2001

SUBMITTED BY:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, July 2001

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MENGEBIER, Clelia
BRIDGEWATER, VA. - Clelia Matthew Mengebier, 77, of Bridgewater, died 
on Tuesday, July 24, 2001, at her home. She was born June 24, 1924, in 
Charleston, S.C., and was the daughter of the late John D. and Olive 
McGowan Matthew. Mrs. Mengebier resided in Charleston until 1954 when 
she and her family moved to Harrisonburg, Va. She taught reading in 
the Rockingham County School System for 20 years, retiring in 1987. 
She was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, the Shenandoah Valley 
Reading Council, Delta Kappa Gamma Society, and the National Society 
of the Colonial Dames of America. Mrs. Mengebier had served on the 
Board of the North River Library and with the Daffodil Committee of 
the American Cancer Society. Survivors include her husband, the Rev. 
Dr. William L. Mengebier, three daughters, Clelia M. La Monica of 
Marshall, Va., Nancy E. Mengebier of Merced, Calif., and Margaret M. 
Kyger of Bridgewater, Va.; two brothers, Robert T. Matthew of Yonges 
Island, S.C., and William M. Matthew of Charleston, S.C., and four 
grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Friday, afternoon at 
2 p.m., at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church by Rev. John F. Glover. 
Interment will be private. The family will receive friends this 
evening (Thursday) from 6 to 7 p.m., at the KYGER & TROBAUGH FUNERAL 
HOME IN HARRISONBURG. Memorial donations may be made to the North 
River Library, P.O. Box 415, Bridgewater, Va. 22812, or to Emmanuel 
Episcopal Church Building Fund, 666 S. Main St., Harrisonburg, Va. 
22801. (The Post and Courier July 26, 2001)
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