CLERCX, Frances Anina (Jensen) 1918-2005

CLERCX, JENSEN, KLATT, PEDERSEN

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 2/8/2013 at 15:38:24

Frances Anina (Jensen) Clercx – August 7, 1918 February 17, 2005

Frances Anina Clercx, 86, Sioux Falls, S.D., formerly of Larchwood, Iowa, died Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005, at Avera-McKennan Hospice Unit in Sioux Falls. She was the former mother-in-law of Sharyn Klatt, Luverne.

Services were Monday, Feb. 21, at the Church of St. Mary in Larchwood, The Rev. Jeff Schleisman and Sister Marla Clercx concelebrated. Burial followed in Larchwood Cemetery.

Francis Clercx was born to Walter and Kamilla (Pedersen) Jensen on Aug. 7, 1918, in rural Inwood, Iowa. She was raised on the family farm near Larchwood and attended Larchwood community schools. She graduated from Larchwood High School in 1936. She continued to live in rural Larchwood, helping on the family farm.

She married Albert Francis Clercx on May 19, 1938, at the St. Mary Catholic Church Rectory in Larchwood. The couple lived on a farm southwest of Larchwood for the next 50 years. She was a homemaker. She also enjoyed going on bus tours with her husband throughout the U.S. They moved to Sioux Falls in 1983. They later moved to a duplex in the Good Samaritan complex in Sioux Falls in April 2000.

Mrs. Clercx was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church of Larchwood, St. Margaret Circle and Altar Society. She was also a member of the Arkota Dance Club. She enjoyed gardening, quilting, sewing and cooking.

Survivors include her husband, Albert Clercx, Sioux Falls; one son, Arlen (Donna) Clercx, Tea, S.D.; one former daughter-in-law, Sharyn (Rev. Gary) Klatt, Luverne; four grandchildren, Michelle (Cletus) Riedel, Albuquerque, N.M., Nathan (Angie) Clercx, Yankton, S.D., Justin Clercx (fiancé Jennifer Dodd), Elk Point, S.D., and Chris (Angie) Clercx, Troy, Mo.; and two brothers, Lyle (Dorothy) Jensen, Inwood, Iowa, and James (Stacy) Jensen, Palm Desert, Calif.

Mrs. Clercx was preceded in death by her parents and one son, Ronald Clercx in 1980.

Roste Funeral Home, Larchwood, was in charge of arrangements.

Star Herald, February 24, 2005