STILLE, Clara (1883-1957)

STILLE, GAST, SCHAEFER, CARLSON, BRIDGES, JANSSEN

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 12/5/2012 at 13:58:25

In Memory Of
Mrs. Clara Stille
1883 — 1957

Funeral services at the
KLEMME METHODIST CHURCH
Monday, February 4, 1957, at 2:00 P. M.

REV. MELVIN MILLER, Pastor

Obituary

Mrs. Clara Stille, age 73, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, January 30, at the Belmond
Community Hospital, following a brief illness.

Mrs. Stille was! born in Liberty Township, on December 29, 1883, the daughter of the late
Wilhelm and Marie Gast, and grew up on the farm known as the Gast Homestead.

On November 15, 1899, she was united in marriage to Mr. J. J. Stille. For a few years they
farmed as renters, but later purchased their own farm in Liberty Township, where they lived
and worked for thirty-three years.

Mr. Stille passed away on September 27, 1940. Three years later, Mrs. Stille moved to
Klemme, where she resided until her death.

She leaves to mourn her passing, three daughters: Gertrude,. Mrs. Elmer Schaefer of Garner;
Fern, Mrs. Arthur Carlson of Clear Lake; and Lucille, Mrs. Cecil Bridges of Thornton.
Four sons: Quentin of Klemme; Kermit of Thornton; George of Goodell; and Virgil of Garner.
Nineteen grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren. Also two brother,: George Gast of
Beltrami, Minnesota; and Herman Gast of Klemme. One sister: Mrs. Martha Janssen of Iowa
Falls.

She was preceded in death by her husband John, two brothers and two sisters.

Mrs. Stille was a life-long member of the Methodist Church, having been trained in early
childhood in the ways of Christ. She was a devout member of the Women's Society of
Christian Service, and in 1954, she had the honor of being named a Life Member of the
Society, and of receiving a Life Membership Pin. She was never absent from a church service
if it was possible for her to attend. She found great comfort in her Bible and in communion
with her Lord.

Casket Bearers

MELVIN SCHAEFER
WAVFL SCHAEFER
WAYNE STILLE
HARLAN STILLE
MILTON GARFIN
JERRY STILLE

SINGERS
Mrs. Marvin Lemke
Mrs. Carold Larson

SONGS
"The Old Rugged Cross"
"My God and I"

SERMON TEXT
Psalm 23

Interment in
Ell Township Cemetery

OSMAN FUNERAL SERVICE
Glen Osman, Director
Klemme, Iowa

source: funeral card