CLAUSEN, Wilma J. 1921-2004

CLAUSEN, WOOD, LAMBERT

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/15/2009 at 15:41:00

MASON CITY, IOWA — Wilma J. Clausen, 82, of 1705 S. Carolina Ave., died Sunday (Jan. 4, 2004) at Good Shepherd Health Center.

Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Thursday at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 100 First St. N.E., with the Rev. Samuel Hamilton-Poore officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. today at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave.

Memorials may be given to the First Congregational United Church of Christ or Good Shepherd Telephone reassurance.

Wilma was born Feb. 18, 1921, in rural Charles City, the daughter of Bernice and Dorothy (Wood) Lambert. She graduated from Charles City High School in 1937, moved to Mason City in 1938, then attended Hamilton Business College for one year.

Wilma married Paul J. Clausen on Oct. 18, 1941, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. She was the bookkeeper for Clausen Plumbing and Heating for 25 years, retiring in 1983.

Wilma was a member of the First Congregational United Church of Christ, active in various church groups, a life member of the VFW, volunteered at Community Kitchen as well as other organizations, enjoyed ceramics, breakfast with her friends and spending time with her family.

Wilma is survived by a daughter, Karen Hackman and husband, Robert, of Mason City; a son, Steve Clausen and wife. Ann, of Mason City; daughter, Shelley Wallace and husband, Greg, of Troy, Ill.; brother, James Lambert and wife, Imogene, of Arlington, Texas; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.

Wilma was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Paul J. Clausen; and sister, Maxine Lambert.

Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, (641) 423-0924.

[Mason City Globe Gazette - Jan. 7, 2004]