Clara (Meinders) HARKEN

HARKEN, VIERKANT, ARENDS, FRIESLEBEN, MEINDERS, STADTLANDER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/23/2006 at 22:50:42

Clara P. Harken, 91, of Alexander, died February 14, 2002, at Franklin General Hospital in Hampton. Funeral services were Monday at the Sietsema Vogel Funeral Home in Hampton with Rev. Rodney Meester officiating. Burial was at Belmond Cemetery.

Clara was born December 28, 1910, in Belmond, the daughter of Henry Meinders and Pauline Stadtlander. She was educated at the Wright County Country Schools. She married Thomas G. Harken on March 10, 1937 in Meservey and they farmed together. She was a member of the First Reformed Church in Meservey, the Franklin County Genealogy, and TOPS. Preceding her in death were her parents; husband; two brothers, Alfred and Marvin. Survivors are her daughter, Evelyn Harken of Alexander; a son, Gary Harken of Algona; sisters, Henrietta Vierkant of Meservey, Pauline Arends of Alexander, and Verbena Friesleben of Clear Lake; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; 10 step-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren.

February 19, 2002
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