Clair E. Fenimore

FENIMORE, SAWHILL, ABBOTT, GASPARI, HERWEHE

Posted By: Ida Morse (email)
Date: 2/4/2006 at 22:03:08

Winterset Madisonian March 19, 1997
Winterset, Iowa

Clair Fenimore, Peru

Clair E. Fenimore, 88, Peru of complications of a stroke March 14, 1997, in Tucson, Arz. Funeral services wil be held Wednesday, March 19, 1997, at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Peru. The Rev. Joan White of Truro and the Rev. Robert Cumings of Manly will officiate the service, and burial will be in the Peru Cemetery.

He was born May 9, 1908, in Peru, the son of Anderson and Martha (Sawhill) Fenimore. He married Ruth M. Abbott on June 29, 1935 in Des Moines. He was a farmer and a lifelong resident of Peru. He wintered in Tucson for the last 16 years. He served in the National Guard, and was a member of Masonic Evening Star Lodge #93 of Winterset and Farm Bureau. He was also a member of the Peru United Methodist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers and four sisters.

Surviving relatives include his wife of Peru; two sons, James Bruce Fenimore and wife Christine of Springfield, Ill. and Charles Lee Fenimore and wife Bonnie ot Tempe, Ariz.; one daugher, Janet C. Gaspari and husband, Richard of Tucson, Ariz.; a sister, Flossie Herwehe of Norwalk; seven grandchildren; three great-grnadchildren (great-grandchildren); and nieces and nephews.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the Peru United Methodist Church.