OBITUARY: Clarence Clausen, 1919-1996, Mitchell County, Iowa

[From Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Nov. 22, 1996 (edited)]




                          Clarence Clausen

ST. ANSGAR, IOWA--Clarence  Clausen, 77, of St. Ansgar, died Wednesday
(Nov. 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.

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

Clarence Clausen was born Oct. 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.



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