Tipp City Herald

FLATH, REV. CLARENCE E. - Services for the Rev. Clarence E. Flath, 75, founder of St. Mark Lutheran Church in New Carlisle and a former pastor of Brandt Lutheran Church, were conducted at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25 in Trinity Lutheran Church, Springfield. The Rev. R. R. Garrett, Trinity Lutheran pastor conducted services. Burial was in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, German Township. The Rev. Mr. Flath, a resident of the Ohio Masonic Home, died at 2:24 p.m. on Feb. 22 in Rickly Memorial Hospital. He was born Jan. 11, 1907 in Springfield. He was a graduate of Wittenberg University and Hamma School of Theology and entered the Masonic Home Dec. 21, 1981, sponsored by St. Andrews Lodge No. 619, F&AM of Springfield. He was founder and pastor of St. Mark Lutheran in New Carlisle and Faith Lutheran Church, in Jackson. Other pastorates included the church in Brandt and the Stonecreek Ohio Lutheran Church. Survivors include a son, John of Estel Springs, Tenn.