CLAUSEN, Alda Helen Minnie (nee Ahrens) (Krahn) 1914-2003

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CLAUSEN, Alda Helen Minnie (nee Ahrens) (Krahn) 1914-2003

CLAUSEN, AHRENS, KRAHN, FRESE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/9/2009 at 14:40:00

OSAGE, IOWA — Alda Krahn Clausen, 89, passed away Friday (May 30, 2003) at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Osage with the Rev. Christian F. Gugel officiating. Interment will be in Osage Cemetery in Osage.
Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. today at Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, and will continue one hour before services at the church Monday.
Alda Helen Minnie Ahrens was born May 14, 1914, on the family farm west of Osage, the daughter of Richard and Alma (Frese) Ahrens. She was baptized June 7, 1914, and confirmed on Aug. 25, 1929, at St. Johns Lutheran south of Osage.
Alda married Elroy Krahn on Jan. 8, 1935. They had four children. Elroy passed away Oct. 10, 1956.
On August 6, 1977, Alda married Claus Clausen from Mason City, and they lived there until his death December 12, 1993. Later that year, she moved back to Osage. Alda loved to cook, take care of her family and spend time with her grandchildren.
Alda is survived by her four children — three sons, Richard Krahn and his wife, Rosella, of Osage, Gene Krahn and his wife, Katrena, of Osage, and Ronald Krahn and his wife, Suzanne, of Nora Springs; a daughter, Myrna Hoisington and her husband, Howard, of Orchard; 11 grand-children; one step-granddaughter; 14 great-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren; one brother, Earl Ahrens of Osage; four step-children, Delmar Clausen and his wife, Violet, Janice Atkinson, Donna Lawson and Margie Nashiem, and several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her two husbands and one infant sister, Erna.
Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, (641) 732-3706.
[Mason City Glove Gazette]

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Obituary: OSAGE, IOWA — Alda Krahn Clausen, 89, passed away Friday (May 30, 2003) at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Osage with the Rev. Christian F. Gugel officiating. Interment will be in Osage Cemetery in Osage. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. today at Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, and will continue one hour before services at the church Monday. Alda Helen Minnie Ahrens was born May 14, 1914, on the family farm west of Osage, the daughter of Richard and Alma (Frese) Ahrens. She was baptized June 7, 1914, and confirmed on Aug. 25, 1929, at St. Johns Lutheran south of Osage. Alda married Elroy Krahn on Jan. 8, 1935. They had four children. Elroy passed away Oct. 10, 1956. On August 6, 1977, Alda married Claus Clausen from Mason City, and they lived there until his death December 12, 1993. Later that year, she moved back to Osage. Alda loved to cook, take care of her family and spend time with her grandchildren. Alda is survived by her four children — three sons, Richard Krahn and his wife, Rosella, of Osage, Gene Krahn and his wife, Katrena, of Osage, and Ronald Krahn and his wife, Suzanne, of Nora Springs; a daughter, Myrna Hoisington and her husband, Howard, of Orchard; 11 grand-children; one step-granddaughter; 14 great-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren; one brother, Earl Ahrens of Osage; four step-children, Delmar Clausen and his wife, Violet, Janice Atkinson, Donna Lawson and Margie Nashiem, and several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her two husbands and one infant sister, Erna. Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, (641) 732-3706. [Mason City Glove Gazette]
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