----Source: GREENWOOD GLEANER (Greenwood, Wis.) 04/10/1919

McCarty, Clara C. (17 Apr 1876 - 5 Apr 1919)

Clara C. Fillner was born April 17, 1876, in the town of Farmington, La Crosse Co., Wis. She died at the Lutheran Hospital Moline, Ill. April 5, 1919, aged 42 years, 11 months and 18 days. She was united in marriage to Haskel McCarty June 6, 1899, at Longwood, Clark County, Wis.. to this union were born two daughters, Irene, who preceded her mother in death, and Alida Beryl, who with her father, is left to mourn the loss of a mother and companion. She also leaves her father and mother, five brothers and two sisters.

Mrs. McCarty was an active member of the First Methodist Church of Rock Island, Ill., and held a position of District President of the Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Rock Island District, Central Ill. Conference at the time of her death.

The remains were brought to Greenwood and funeral services held in the Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon,, conducted by the pastor J.A. Moats. Interment was in the Greenwood Cemetery.