NORTH, Clair John 1933-2013
NORTH, SISSON, MATTHEWS
Posted By: COUNTY COORDINATOR
Date: 8/5/2013 at 22:04:20
Date of birth: March 25, 1933
Date of death: August 4, 2013Service Date: Thursday, August 8, 2013, 10:00 A.M. at Messiah Lutheran Church.
Clair North, 80, of Charles City, died Sunday, August 4, 2013, at his home.
Funeral services for Clair North will be 10:00 A.M., Thursday, August 8, 2013 at Messiah Lutheran Church in Charles City. Pastor Jane Keel will officiate. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Charles City. Military honors will be conducted by the Charles City Ceremonial Unit.
Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home from 5-7 P.M., Wednesday and Thursday at the church one hour prior to the service.
Clair John North was born March 25, 1933, the son of Glen S. and Neta (Sisson) North. He received his education in Charles City, graduating from Charles City High School in 1951. Clair married his high school sweetheart, Noriene Matthews, on December 29, 1951. The couple made their home in Charles City where they raised their family. He was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church.
Clair began working for Northwestern Bell immediately after high school and retired from the company after 43 years. Two of those years Clair enlisted in the 101st Army Airborne Battalion which was stationed in Puerto Rico during the Korean War, 1951-1953. Clair was an avid sportsman who enjoyed coon and game bird hunting.
Coon hunting was his favorite sport and he could name all of his coon and bird dogs by name, but his favorite friend and companion was his house dog, Dixie. Clair also enjoyed weekends showing horses with his children, and he spent countless hours donating his time with the Isaac Walton League including 25 years teaching hunter gun safety courses. Clair loved fishing with this family and all of his friends from the West Wind Trailer Park at Lake City, Minnesota, during the summers.
He also liked woodworking as a hobby, and would spend hours in his wood working shop making furniture as well as squirrel and bird feeders for his children. Most of all Clair loved the time spent with his grandchildren and great-granddaughter.
Living family members include his wife of 61 years, Noriene of Charles City; son Scott and Kathy (McGurn) North of Onawa; daughter, Diana (North) and Dave Schwichtenberg of Garner; grandchildren, Sarah Martindale, Lucas North and Cody Schwichtenberg; great-granddaughter, Ella Martindale; sister, Neta Peterson of Oakley, Calif.; brother-in-law, Gary Matthews; along with nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Glen and Neta; brother-in-law, Don Matthews; brother, Bob North; sisters, Patti Fairbanks, Marion Johnson and Alice Beasly; father and mother-in-law, Lawrence and Marion Matthews and grandsons, Kristopher Bo and Daniel Lee Schwichtenberg.
Source: Hauser Funeral Home website, Aug. 5, 2013
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