Manchester Democrat., 1920-10-20
RODY 0F 6. 6. PELLEY
GIVEN final BURIAL
MANCHESTER BOY VICTIM OR ILL
FATED TUSCANIA IN FALL
OF 1918.
CIVIL WAR VETERAN CALLED
Aruthlr Spare, Father Of Mrs. Ed.
Putnam Of this City, Dies at His
Home In Florida.

Home In Florida.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette OF Mon
day evening contained the following
account Of the life and incidents In
connection with the tragic death Of
one OF Manchester's young men who
gave his life in the great world war. 4
and whose body was shipped to his
community for burial in Oakland
cemetery last Sunday afternoon.
"The body of Cldye Carlyle Pelley
was laid to rest in Oakland cemetery
here Sunday after impressive services.
He was the only Iowa boy among the
1876 who lost their lives when the Tus-
cania was torpedoed and sunk off the
coast of Scotland. February 5, 1918.
Services were held in the Methodist
Episcopal church which he Joined
when boy and were in charge of
the pastor, the Rev. s. r. Beatty, Man
chester Post OF the American Legion
attended in body and six OF the
members bore the casket, draped with
the American flag.
Major Harry Utley, commander OF
the post. read extracts from Scotch
newspapers telling the circumstances
surrounding the washing ashore of the
bodies, their Identification and burial
on the Scotch coast with military
honors and loving respect by the
Scotch and British authorities. There
the bodies have remained for more
than two years until they were dis
inferred by the government and re-
turned to their home for final bur-
ial.
"The Rev. Mr.. Beatty took for his
text the first verse of.the 21st chapter
OF Revelation: "And the sea is no
more saying that those who had Civ !
en- their lives in the great cause had
assuredly entered into the life where
there is no more mystery, storms,
uncertainty or unrest. That the ma
tion had met the test of war glor-
iously, especially in the fact that the
young men had shown unquestionable
patriotism, bravery and manhood and
that the nation would continue great
just SO long as it preserved the Ideals
which had animated the young men
who served in the great war. He said
that the monument OF the -Americanl
Legion would not be in towering
shafts of granite but in the spirit OF
America which it was the mission OF
the legion to preserve
"The former service men escorted
the funeral party to the cemtery and
at the conclusion OF the service there,
the last taps were blown for another /
promising life which was given for
his country.
"Clyde Carlyle Pelley was born in
Manchester, July 20. 1893, and lived
here during his early years. His
father died while he was still child
and about 1908 he went to Cedar
Rapids to make his home with his
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. A. +.
Nugent, to whom he was like son.
"He attended high school in Cedar
Rapids and was graduated from the
Iowa City academy and from the
Cedar Rapids business college, after
which he was employed in Cedar
Rapids for about three years. On
Jan. 6, 1917. he left Cedar Rapids
with a friend and worked for a short
time in Minneapolis, Glacier Park,
Seattle and Spokane, WASH, and San
Francisco. In San Francisco, on Nov.
20, 1917, he enlisted in the army and
was assigned to clerkship in the
commissionary department of the l5S,
Aero squadron.
He was in training at Fort Mellow
ell, CAL; Kelly Field, San Antonio,
Texas; and at Lake Charles, La. He
was at Garden City, N. Y. for about
a week before sailing on the ill-fated
Tuscania. His last letter, postmark-
ed Jan. 81, was received about week
before the tradegy by his uucle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Nugent.
He joined the Methodist Episcopal
church in Manchester when child
and transferred his membership to
st. Paul's NJ. e. church in Cedar
Rapids. The service flags of both
churches bore gold stars in his honor.
His Immediate surviving relatives
1
are his mother, Mrs. J. w. Rabenau
OF Tintah, Minnesota; his brother,
Llyod l.. Pelley, who served in several
OF the greatest battles of the world
war and is now student in the Uni
yersity of Minnesota; and his uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. A, E. Nugent.
of Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Nugent being
his mothers sister. His grandfather,
jeremiah P. Wilson, who died a few
weeks after the TusCania was sunk
was veteran of the civil war through
out which he served with honor, and
was a highly esteemed resident OF
Manchester for most of his life.
ARTHUR SPARE.
Arthur Spare, veteran of the Civil
war, and former resident of Delaware