Maxine Mae Clough

Maxine Mae Clough, 87, of Garwin, Iowa, passed away on the morning of Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center. Funeral services for Maxine will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 26, 2014 at Mitchell Family Funeral Home with Pastor Charles Fry officiating. Public visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 25, 2014, at Mitchell Family Funeral Home where her family will be present to greet friends. Private family burial will take place at a later date. Memorial contributions may be directed in Maxines name to her family. For further information or to send a condolence please visit www.mitchellfh.com or call (641) 844-1234. Maxine Mae Starits was born on April 3, 1927, in rural Garwin, Iowa, the daughter of Jake and Emma (Dvorak) Starits. She was raised and educated in the Garwin school district graduating from Garwin High School. On a cool, fall day (November 17, 1946) amongst relatives and friends on the family farm she was united in marriage to the love of her life Howard Toby Clough. To this union they were blessed with six children. She began her young life as a secretary at the local grain elevator and then began her lifetime career of being a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was a member of the Garwin Christian Church and former member of the Ladies Auxiliary. Maxine was a self-taught organist and treasured all members of the animal kingdom. She especially enjoyed feeding and raising her feline companions. She was even known to have raised orphaned raccoons, birds and even a opossum. Left to cherish her memory are her husband Howard Toby Clough; children: Jane (Roger) Halleck, Ronald (Susan) Clough, Randall Clough, Jeana Clough and Richard (Shelly) Clough; grandchildren: Todd Pope, Tedd (Dana) Pope, Wendy (Joey) Lang, Troy Sanders and Chris (Christine) Sanders; great-grandchildren: Peyton Pope, Preston Pope, Logan Lang, Noah Lang, Oliver Lang and Olivia Sanders; one brother: Danny Starits. She is preceded in death by her parents, one daughter: Jeanette Sanders; one sister: Marcella Thomas and one sister in law: Carley Luethje.