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Honolulu in 1926. Once again, she gave different years of birth on both docu-
ments. Perhaps her favorite vacation get-a-way was St. Petersburg, Florida as she

visited there on more the one occasion.

Raycliff Mary (Harris) (Cronin) Clemson
died on March 23, 1930, while vacation-

ing in St. Petersburg. She was 59 and it
was 5 years after the death of her second
husband, Clarence. The Tampa Bay
Times announced her death as follows: Boston Globe Friday, March 28, 1930

“Mrs. Raycliff Fisher Clemson, 57, winter
visitor from Stoneham, Mass., died Sun-
day afternoon at 6 o’clock at a local hotel
following a brief illness. She had been in

the city about two months.” The Boston
Globe of Friday, March 28, 1930 re-
ported: “CLEMSON – In St. Petersburg,
Florida suddenly, Mrs. Rayclift Harris

Clemson, widow of Clarence E. Clem- Tampa Bay Times, Tuesday, March 25, 1930
son. Funeral from her late residence, 11
Benton St., Stoneham. Friday, March 28 at 2 p.m.
Relatives and friends invited.” Following her death

in Florida, her body was escorted home by her
nephew, Earl S. Collins. She was laid to rest in her
mother and fathers cemetery plot located in Wild-
wood Cemetery, Winchester, MA. Her second hus-

band, Clarence E. Clemson, is also buried in the
same plot. Her date of birth is etched into the
gravestone as October 27, 1870

Estate Probate Notice, April 11, 1918

Raycliff Harris Clemson Grave Marker

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