Walter, Claire Lenore (1908 – 2007)

WALTER, MICKEL, ROSSMANN, DESCHAMPS, STINGER, FELL, PAULSEN, NORTON, LARSEN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 9/19/2013 at 19:12:09

Name of deceased: Claire Lenore Walter (nee Mickel)

Aged: 99 yrs, 2 mo, 1 day

Residence: Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, IA

Born: July 24, 1908, Walnut, IA

Died: Sep. 25, 2007, Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, IA

Funeral services: Saturday, Sep. 29, 2007; Peace United Church of Christ, Walnut, IA; Rev. Gail Muckey officiated. Burial was in Layton Township Cemetery, Walnut, IA

Survived by: Son, Jack Rossmann, (spouse, Marty) of St. Paul, MN; grandchildren, Ann Rossmann of Lakeville, MN, Sarah (spouse, Fred) Deschamps of St. Paul, MN, and Charles Rossmann (spouse, Kathleen) of Birmingham, AL; great-grandson, Ramsey Rossmann; great-granddaughters, Emma and Lily Deschamps and Carmen Rossmann; nieces; nephews; other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Eugene E. and Lenore (nee Stinger) Mickel; husbands, Wilbert (deceased Sep. 1984) and Harry (deceased Aug. 1987); brother, Fred Mickel; sisters, Gladys Fell, Aletha Paulsen, Irene Norton and Maine Larsen

Education: attended school in Walnut, IA and graduated from Walnut High School

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: n/a

Marriages: (1) Wilbert Rossmann; June 29, 1932, Evangelical Lutheran Parsonage, Walnut, IA (2) Harry Walter, Feb. 14, 1987, Walnut, IA

Employment: After her high school graduation, she taught rural school for three years and then taught third and fourth grades in Minden, IA for 2 years. In 1965, Claire went back to teaching; she taught Title 1 reading, a special program set up by the government, in the Harlan (IA) Community School System and remained there for 8 years.

Hobbies/Interests: no information provided

Sources: ancestry.com, pauleyjones.com