HAIN, Claud M 1915-2001

HAIN, SPOFFORD, MEINDERS, BERK, KOEHLER, THEILEN

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 10/13/2012 at 13:46:10

Claud M. Hain – January 15, 1915 – October 7, 2001

Claud M. Hain, 86, of 105 E. Lake St., Ventura, Iowa, died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2001 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa. Services are set for Wednesday, 11 a.m. at Ventura United Methodist Church with the Rev. Paul Hasel officiating. Graveside services are set for 2 p.m. at the Riverside Cemetery, Rockford, Iowa. Family suggests memorials to Hospice of North Iowa.

Claud was born Jan. 15, 1915 in Rockford, Iowa the son of Clarence F. and Clara M. (Spofford) Hain. He attended rural school Rockford, Iowa. He farmed in the Rockford area and later hauled freight. Dorothy Hain was the mother of their children.

Claud married Lavon Meinders Nov. 28, 1981 in Ventura, Iowa. He was the first Ventura Police officer. He later drove school bus for Ventura School and was also their bus mechanic for many years.

Claud enjoyed fishing, traveling, camping, visiting with people, going to auctions, riding horses, calling square dances and gardening.

Claud is survived by his wife, Lavon Hain, Ventura; three children, Clara Frank, Mason City, Iowa, Joan Jones and her husband, Gene, Kansas City, Mo., and Mary Nutting and her husband, Larry, Aitkin, Minn.; daughter-in-law, Shirley Basgall Hain, Mason City, Iowa; three step-children, Linda Beier and her husband, Roger, Mason City, Richard Meinders and his wife, Fran, Manly, Iowa and Larry Meinders and his wife, Lorri, Mason City; sister-in-law, Viola Hain, Nora Springs, Iowa; fourteen grandchildren; ten step-grandchildren; twenty-nine great- grandchildren; eight step-great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Marshall Jene Hain, son-in-law, Joseph M. Frank; three sisters, Margaret Berk, Bernice Koehler and Bessie Theilen; and two brothers, Wilbur and Floyd Hain.

Clear Lake Mirror Reporter, Clear Lake, Iowa, December 5, 2003