TITLE:   Gertrude M. Claus, Obituary, Nov. 7, 2000

SUBMITTERS:  Exeter Newsletter, http://www.seacoastonline.com
             Exeter, NH (issue Nov 10, 2000 )

FORMATTED:   by CParziale, Jan 2001

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Gertrude M. Claus 

HAMPTON - Gertrude M. Claus, 97, died Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000, at Seacoast 
Health Center, where she had resided since 1989. 

She was born Oct. 21, 1903, in Carsonville, New Brunswick, Canada, the 
daughter of the late John and Alwilda M. (Parlee) Leiper. She had resided in 
Methuen, Mass., from 1931 until 1986, when she moved to Hampton. 

She attended schools in Canada and was a 1926 graduate of Lawrence (Mass.) 
General Hospital School of Nursing. 

Mrs. Claus was a registered nurse at Lawrence General Hospital before she 
became the nursing supervisor at the former Greenwood, Blenwood and Broadway 
nursing homes in Methuen. 

She was a member of the Hampton United Methodist Church, the Lawrence General
Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association and the Hampton Senior 
Citizens. She was a former member of the United Methodist Church of Lawrence. 

The widow of Carl E. Claus, who died in 1989, she is survived by one son and 
his wife, the Rev. C. Edward and Carol Claus of York, Maine; three grandsons;
and several nieces and nephews. 

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. at the Hampton 
United Methodist Church, 525 Lafayette Road, Hampton, 

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Hampton United 
Methodist Church, 525 Lafayette Road, Hampton, NH 03842 or to the United 
Methodist Church, 207 Haverhill St., Lawrence, MA 01842. 

Arrangements are by the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, Hampton.

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