Claussen, Clarabelle K.

CLAUSSEN, PUETSCH, WESTGATE, MISCH, PAUSTIAN, JOHNSTON, BERGMAN

Posted By: Ruth Maring - Volunteer Poster (email)
Date: 12/26/2008 at 20:12:28

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DEWITT — Services for Clarabelle K. Claussen, 89, of DeWitt, Iowa, formerly of McCausland, Iowa, will be held at McCausland United Methodist Church on Friday, December 5th, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. The Rev. Ruth Ann Scott will officiate the service. Burial will be in McCausland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 until 7:00 p.m. on Thursday at Nelson Funeral Home, DeWitt, Iowa. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. Memorials may be made to McCausland United Methodist Church.Mrs. Claussen died on Monday, December 1, 2008, at West Wing Place, DeWitt, Iowa. Nelson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.Mrs. Clarabelle (Puetsch) Claussen was born on October 10, 1919, to Herman and Irene (Westgate) Puetsch in Wheatland, Iowa. She married Edward Claussen on September 28th, 1940, in Davenport, Iowa. He died on Sept. 13, 2003.Mrs. Claussen was employed for Collis Company later known as Chamberlin Manufacturing Company, Clinton, Iowa, for 27 years retiring in 1981.Those left to honor her memory are her sons, Clarence “Sonny” and his wife, Connie Claussen, Platteville, Wis., Robert and his wife, Pat Claussen, Davenport, Iowa; daughters, Kathern and her husband, Robert Misch, Wheatfield, Indiana, Linda and her husband, Leroy Paustian, Walcott, Iowa, Darlene and her husband, Jim Johnston, DeWitt, Iowa, Jean and her husband, Fritz Bergman, Donnellson, Iowa; 18 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Edward; 5 sisters and 3 brothers, and a twin brother.A photo may be viewed and online condolences expressed at www.nelsoncfuneralhome.com.Death date: Dec. 1, 2008
Published in the Clinton Herald from 12/2/2008 - 12/4/2008