Cletus E. Sweigard Posted on July 5, 2017 0 Cletus E. Sweigard Cletus E. Sweigard, age 98, of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and formerly of Elyria, passed away on Monday, July 3, 2017 at Westbrook Assisted Living in Upper Sandusky. Graveside services for Cletus E. Sweigard will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 8, 2017 at the Ridge Hill Memorial Park, Amherst, Ohio. Visitations will be held on Friday, June 7, 2017 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Lucas-Batton Funeral Home in Upper Sandusky. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, or the American Cancer Society, and can be sent to Lucas-Batton Funeral Home, 476 S. Sandusky Ave. Upper Sandusky OH 43351. Online condolence may be sent to www.lucasbatton.com. Login Login Password Signup Here Lost Password Subscribe to the Daily Chief to read the full story... Get your Wyandot County news in print AND online! Subscribe! OR Try a 1-Day Access Pass for Only 99¢! 1-Day Access Are you a current subscriber to the Daily Chief-Union? NO PURCHASE NECESSARY! If you currently subscribe the Daily Chief-Union in print, then your access to the online content is INCLUDED in your subscription! Just verify your subscription to get started! Verify Your Subscription Clete was born December 10, 1918 in Upper Sandusky, Ohio to Leroy Lester and Magdalena (Scheck) Sweigard, both of whom are deceased. He married Donna Jean Tuttle on June 6, 1948 and she passed away on November 10, 1991. He is survived by three sons, David (Jan) Sweigard of Lower Salem, Ohio, Daniel (Nancy) Sweigard of Cincinnati, Ohio, Timothy (Julia) Sweigard of Winter Park, Florida; three grandchildren, Christopher (Rebecca) Sweigard, Andrea (Charles) Fellous, Lauren Sweigard; five great-grandchildren: Jacob, Benjamin, Matthew, Grace and Olivia; and a brother Don Sweigard of Upper Sandusky. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, a brother, Gerald, and a sister, Mary Alice Ritterspach. Clete graduated from Upper Sandusky High School in 1937 where he participated in football, basketball, glee club and choir. He went on to Findlay College and played football for two years until he was drafted into the Army serving during World War II as an airplane mechanic gunner with the 65th Bomb Squadron, serving in the Central Pacific, Bismarck Archipelago, Philippine, Northern Solomons and New Guinea Campaigns. For his service, he was awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon with four Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with 2 Bronze Stars. Upon his return from service, Cletus went to finish his college education by entering Bowling Green State University and playing football as a walk-on. Clete started his teaching and coaching career back in Upper Sandusky at the high school, and later taking a position in Clearview High School, and then in Elyria at the high school, retiring after 32 years of teaching and coaching. He was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Upper Sandusky, and while in Elyria, Clete was a member of the Community Methodist Church where he was one of the original founding members. He was a former member of the Kiwanis Club and Lincoln Hill Golf Club, both in Upper Sandusky. For hobbies, Clete enjoyed bowling, golfing, traveling and camping with his wife every year in Colorado. /am4show]
