Douglass

Martin Lee Clodfelder, a long time resident of the Lone Star community, passed away Sunday, November 20, 2011, at his daughter's home, in Greeley, after an 11 month battle with cancer. Martin was born in Denver, CO, on June 30, 1939, to Glenn William and Mary Francis (Hradecky) Clodfelder. He grew up in the Haxtun area, where he attended the Haxtun schools. He later moved out to the Lone Star area and enlisted in the US Army on Dec 5,1962, at the age of 24. He received training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri, and Ft. Gordon, Georgia, in which he became part of the Military Police. Martin served 18 months in Hawaii at Ft. Shafter as a M.P., coming out as a SP 5 in Nov. of 1964. Martin returned to the Lone Star area and farmed and raised livestock up until his diagnosis in December, 2010. Martin was preceded in death by his parents and his oldest sister, Mary Alice Weibers, of Sterling. He is survived by his children, Amanda Clodfelder, of Kansas, Stacy Clodfelder, of Greeley, Jason Clodfelder and wife, Courtney, of Nebraska, and Leslie Knox and husband, Kevin, of Yuma; nine grandchildren; brothers, Jimmy Clodfelder, of Akron, and Russell Clodfelder and wife, Judy, of Sterling; sisters, Peggy Johnson, of Sterling, and Nancy Koehler, of Eckley; numerous nieces, nephews, family and wonderful friends. Services for Martin were held on Friday, December 2 at 10 a.m., at the Fleming United Methodist Church in Fleming, CO. Mary Alice Clodfelder was born to Glenn and Mary in 1935 in Pine Cliff, graduated from Sterling, married Dale Wiebers in 1952, and is buried in Fleming.