Eric Thomas Clement
Eric Thomas Clement, age 5, of Knoxville, went home to be with the Lord while sleeping on Monday evening, November 26, 2012. Eric was a kindergarten student in Ms. Kim’s class at West Hills Elementary School. He was a happy, free-spirited boy, who despite his chronic illness, took every day in stride without missing a beat. Eric loved to play with trains and construction trucks and he was happiest when playing outdoors. He is survived by his mother, Meghan Shields; father, Eric Clement and wife, Amanda Clement; grandparents, Thomas and Jacqueline Shields, Dale and Nancy Clement; aunts and uncles, Amy Shields, Thomas Shields III, Cindy Shields, Matthew Shields, Russell Clement, Julie Bernal and Julian Bernal; stepsisters, Megan Jenkins and Keely McLain; cousins, Claire and Mark Shields and James Clement; maternal great-grandfather, George Passabet of Naugatuck, Conn.; and paternal great-grandparents, Robert and Mary Clement of North Chili, N.Y.; many close relatives and friends. The family will receive friends from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday, November 30, 2012, with a Christian Wake Service to follow at 7:30 p.m. in the Click Funeral Home Farragut Chapel. Family and friends will gather for a Mass of Christian Burial at 1 p.m. Saturday, December 1, 2012, at All Saints Catholic Church, 620 North Cedar Bluff Road, Knoxville. Private graveside services will follow. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in memory of Eric Thomas Clement to the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation, 8085 Saltsburg Road, Suite 201, Pittsburgh, PA 15239. Click Funeral Home Farragut Chapel, 11915 Kingston Pike is serving the Clement family. http://www.clickfh.com
