Florence Camenga, daughter of Charles and Myrtilla Maxson Clarke, was born December 2, 1875, in Brookfield, N. Y. She died unexpectedly October 27, 1950, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Stanley Warner, in Durhamville, N. Y.
When Mrs. Camenga was a child the family moved to North Loup, Neb., and later to Boulder, Colo. When she was 17 years old they returned to Brookfield. She taught in the schools of the community until she married Claude Camenga on August 25, 1898. The marriage was performed by Rev. Clayton Burdick in Brookfield.
Mrs. Camenga was a member of the Brookfield Seventh Day Baptist Church and was a much-loved teacher of the children of the church for many years so that now she is held in honored memory by many whom she has helped and guided on life's way. She was a worker in the community, being a member of the Grange and the W. C. T. U. Beside these duties in church and community, she for a number of years, conducted a maternity and nursing home.
She is survived by her husband, four sons: Carlos C. of Syracuse; Harold F. of West Edmeston; Lawrence W. of Buffalo; and Kenneth A. of Beaver Dam, Wis.; a daughter, Mrs. Stanley Warner; 17 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Ruby Todd, of Milton, Wis.
Memorial services were held October 30 from the Seventh Day Baptist Church, Rev. Marion C. Van Horn, pastor, officiating, assisted by Rev. Herbert L. Polan. Burial was in the Brookfield Cemetery. M. C. V. H.
