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Submitted: 12/8/14 • Approved: 12/11/14 • Last Updated: 12/14/14 • R1055429-G0-S3
ENSIGN US Navy
February 11, 1996 - May 31, 2014
*Obituary (news item)
Northwest Arkansas Times
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Gentry Man Drowns In Illinois River
By Jeff Della Rosa
SILOAM SPRINGS — A Gentry man drowned Friday during a fishing trip on the Illinois River about 3 miles east of Siloam Springs.
Benton County Dive Team members found the body of Timothy Clements, 18, at 9:05 a.m. Saturday. about 200 yards down river from where the incident occurred, according to Daniel Oxford, Benton County coroner.
Oxford labeled the death an "accidental drowning."
On Friday night, emergency crews were called about a possible drowning along Old Highway 68, just south of U.S. 412, said DeWayne Hixson, assistant team leader with dive team.
"We were out here last night for three or four hours," Hixson said.
Divers returned Saturday morning to search the river.
Oxford said he was notified of a drowning at 7 p.m. Friday. Oxford said family members told him Clements was trying to get a fishing line untangled and fell in. Family members on the river bank attempted to rescue him.
Clements' body was taken to Wasson Funeral Home in Siloam Springs.
Family and friends waited Saturday morning while dive teams searched the river using inflatable boats and dive gear.
Siloam Springs' Fire Department had a swift-water rescue team helping the dive team.
Clements' mother, Heidi Migliori of Gentry, said Saturday crews were looking for her son. She said she almost lost her husband, Anthony Migliori, and three other people on a family fishing trip.
According to a post on her Facebook page early Saturday morning, Heidi Migliori said her son was part of a large group fishing on the Illinois River on Friday afternoon. She said her son was "fetching a pole that broke in the water and was swept under."
Several rescue attempts were made for her son by Anthony Migliori, she wrote on Facebook.
"Anthony, Timothy, Theresa, Tait, Terrun and a friend from church went fishing on the Illinois River this afternoon." the Facebook post states. "Timothy was fetching a pole that broke in the water and was swept under. Anthony dove in after him and several times had him but then he got chest pains and couldn't get him. Tait saw that Anthony was in trouble and went in after him."
She wrote on Facebook she wasn't there when the incident happened, so what she knows is secondhand.
"I know with all my heart that Anthony did all he could to saw Timothy." she wrote.
"Even if he had (been) physically fit he would have found a way to get him. The Lord called his faithful servant home tonight to be with him. He had passed all his tests on this earth and is now a chosen Angel in the heavens watching over us. I love my son dearly, but I am at peace tonight. Search and rescue have done their best and the diving team as well. They will resume their search for his body in the morning. This is a difficult time but the Lord will not give us anything we cannot handle.
"Love to everyone, I am not sure how often I will respond to well wishers and prayer givers but know that you are in our hearts as you read this."
*Obituary
Benton County Daily Record
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Timothy Lehi Clements, 18, of Gentry, Arkansas died May 31, 2014 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Born February 11, 1996 in Logan, Utah, he was the son of Thomas Lawrence Clements and Heidi Waechtler Migliori.
He was a graduate of Decatur High School and was inducted as an ensign in the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Siloam Springs Ward.
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother.
He is survived by his mother and step father Heidi and Anthony Migliori of Gentry, Arkansas; father and step mother Tom and Lisa Clements of Hyde Park, Utah; sisters Theresa Crockett and husband Terrun of Fayetteville, Arkansas and Ashley White of Rogers, Arkansas; brothers Tanner Clements of Rogers, Arkansas, Tait and Theodore Clements both of Gentry, Arkansas and Austin Migliori of Springtown, Arkansas; maternal grandfather Fritz Waechtler, Sr. of North Logan, Utah and paternal grandparents Tom and Eileen Clements of Smithfield, Utah.
Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 7, 2014 at Siloam Springs Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with Bishop Rory McWhorter officiating. Burial will follow in Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, Arkansas.
Visitation will be 6:00 p.m. to 8:00p.m., Friday, June 6, 2014 at Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs, Arkansas.
To sign the online guest book, please visit www.funeralhome.com.
Arrangements are by Wasson Funeral Home, Inc., Siloam Springs.
Contributed on 12/8/14 by wfields55
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