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Clarice L. Nielsen, 1921 - 2017

NIELSEN, BECKER, CARR, WENDTE

Posted By: Connie Swearingen -Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/21/2017 at 20:03:02

Sioux City Journal
17 September 2017

Sioux City

Clarice L. Nielsen, 96, of Sioux City, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Morningside Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Tom LoVan officiating. Burial will be in Silver Ridge Cemetery, rural Ponca, Neb. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time at the church. Online condolences may be directed to meyerbroschapels.com.

Clarice was born April 25, 1921, in Allen, Neb., the daughter of Clarence and Victoria (Becker) Carr. She graduated from Ponca High School in 1937, and attended Wayne State College. Clarice taught in rural schools for five years. Later, she went back to Wayne College and received a B.A. in 1960, and a Masters from USD in 1971.

In 1943, she married Malvin Wendte. He died Aug. 30, 1975. She then married Thomas Nielsen in 1978. He died in October of 1994.

Clarice taught in Ponca, Neb., for four years and for 26 years at Joy Elementary in Sioux City, retiring in 1986. She joined a painting class after she retired from teaching and painted many beautiful pictures which she gave to family and friends.

She was a member of Morningside Lutheran Church and Ester Circle. She was also a member of Retired Teachers of Sioux City, Fidelis Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, lifetime member of Ponca Community Educational Foundation, Ponca Historical Society, Women’s Club, and a lifetime member of the NEA.

Clarice enjoyed tending her vegetable garden and taking care of flowers her entire life. She loved feeding the birds and being out in nature.

Clarice is survived by her daughter, Carolyn Wendte of Sioux City; a nephew, David Carr, who was raised in the family as a son, and his wife, Lynn of Hannibal, Mo.; two grandsons, Chad and Jeremy Wendte; two great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Pat Rowland of Seal Beach, Calif., and Ruth Hathaway of Brentwood, Tenn.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; one son, Lee Wendte; two infant daughters; one brother, Donald; two sisters, Muriel and Margaret; and brother-in-law, John.


 

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