CLAUSEN, Clarence 1919-1996

CLAUSEN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 9/10/2009 at 11:28:32

Clarence Clausen

ST. ANSGAR, IOWA -- Clarence Clausen, 77, of St. Ansgar, died Wednesday, November 20, 1996, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, at St. Ansgar Baptist Church, with the Rev. Gary Gonnerman officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Riceville, [Mitchell county] Iowa.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar.

Clarence Clausen was born on October 24, 1919, in Riceville.

Survivors include his wife, Winifred of St. Ansgar; three daughters, Darlene Summer, of Floyd, Alice Clausen, of Osage, and Anna Smith, of Forest City; three sons, Martin Rasmussen, of Manly, Archie Rasmussen and Roger Rasmussen, both of Mason City; 28 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Esther Walker, of Arizona, Ruby Harold, of California, and Mary Weed, of Illinois; and two brothers, Leo Clausen, of Osage, and Alfred Clausen, of Coggan.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, two daughters, one brother and one sister.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Nov. 22, 1996]