Clara I. Messner
MESSNER, SCHUTT, ACHENBACH, BROWN, ROBERTS, DICE, HEGARTY, JONES, HOWARD
Posted By: Misty Christner (email)
Date: 4/3/2018 at 11:28:06
Source: Henderson Barker Funeral Home
Clara I. Messner
February 6, 1923 - April 7, 2009Biography
West Liberty, Iowa
Clara I. Messner, 86, of Frytown, formerly of West Liberty, died peacefully at the home of her daughter in Frytown on Tuesday, April 7, 2009.
Services will be at 10:30 AM on Saturday, April 11, 2009 at the Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Liberty with Rev. Doug Cue officiating. Visitation will be 4:00-8:00 on Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Tipton Masonic Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Iowa City Hospice or Pathways Adult Day Health Center in Iowa City.
Clara was born February 6, 1923 in Cedar County, Iowa, the daughter of Alexander and Mary Schutt Achenbach. She graduated from Stanwood High School. She was united in marriage to Roger Messner on June 21, 1941 in Kahoka, MO. Clara worked for a time at Carr's Lunch Car and Louis Rich in West Liberty. She spent the majority of her life in West Liberty until the last few years which she spent with her daughter in Frytown. Clara attended the West Liberty Senior Center where she enjoyed cards and bingo. She also attended the Sharon Center United Methodist Church.
Clara is survived by her 5 children: Bill (Sue) Messner of Sterling, Colorado, Denny (Sharon) Messner of Porter, Oklahoma, Wayne (Pat) Messner of West Liberty, Iowa, Linda Brown of Essex, Iowa and Christa (Jim) Roberts of Frytown, Iowa; 2 sisters: Mildred Dice of Tipton, Iowa, and Velma Hegarty of Stanwood, Iowa. She is also survived by 17 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and 4 great great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband; Roger in 1990, 3 brothers: Walter, Charlie, and Earl Achenbach and 2 sisters: Beulah Jones and Nola Howard.
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