Iron River veteran Clinton Otto to receive graveside military honors

Resthaven Cemetery in Iron River was the site Monday at 1 p.m. for graveside military rites honoring Clinton E. Otto, 80, who died Wednesday, May 27, 2026. Jacobs Funeral Home of Iron River handled the arrangements, and the West Side Veterans accorded military honors at the graveside.

Otto was born March 5, 1946, in Stambaugh, Michigan, to Lester Otto and Mary Jane Seymour Otto. He attended Iron River schools and graduated there before serving as a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard.

He married Allison Seymour on Oct. 10, 1992, in Mineral Hills, and the couple had celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary. Otto is survived by his wife, Allison; daughters Ernestine Hoffman-Otto of Minnesota, Jeanette Mollo of Indiana, Alaina Seymour of Wisconsin, and Barbie Seymour of Michigan; nine grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and extended family and friends. He was preceded in death by his sister, Ernestine Otto.

The service at Resthaven carried added meaning in Iron River, where military rites at the cemetery remain part of the community’s way of recognizing veterans at the end of their lives. West Side Veterans Council members have recently been seen placing flags and holding memorial observances there, underscoring how local posts continue to keep those honors visible and public.

Resthaven Cemetery, established in 1924, is one of the county’s most familiar burial grounds and holds thousands of memorial records in online cemetery databases. For Iron County families, it is a place where service, family ties and local memory often come together in the same final ceremony, and Otto’s graveside honors placed him squarely within that tradition.