Ben Clausen (1999)

CLAUSEN, ROBERTS, PALMER, SCHAFFER, PAULLIN

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Date: 4/7/2020 at 12:49:04

The Dallas County News
Adel, Iowa
January 14, 1999
Page 4, Columns 3 & 4

Dexter—W. Ben Clausen, 66, of Dexter died Sunday, Jan. 3, 1999 at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines while recuperating from a recent surgery. Memorial services were held Wednesday, Jan. 6, at Zion Lutheran Church in Dexter, with burial in Dexter Cemetery. Arrangements were made by Kuhn Funeral Home of Dexter.

Mr. Clausen was born on the family farm south of Dexter in Madison County on July 27, 1932, to Richard and Ruby (Roberts) Clausen. He graduated from Dexter High School in 1950, and shortly thereafter enlisted in the Air Force. He served during the Korean War and rose to the rank of staff sergeant. While stationed in England, he met and married Mollie Palmer in 1953.

Mr. Clausen farmed for a short time after serving in the Air Force, but then became a truck driver. He worked for several companies before his retirement in 1995. He was a member first of Zion Lutheran Church in Dexter and then of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Greenfield.

Survivors include one son, Benny of Greenfield; one daughter, Dyan Schaffer of Des Moines; one brother, Jim of Dexter; one sister, Zelda Paullin of Greenfield; 10 grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Mr. Clausen was preceded in death by his parents.