Obit: Sossaman, Claude (1926? - 2010)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt

Email: bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Anderson, Buss, Calmes, Gokey, Hopfensperger, Ingersoll, Kara, Lau, Reetz, Schmidt, Sossaman, Sterling 
 

----Source: The Tribune - Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wisconsin) Wednesday, January 20, 2010, Page 18 
 

Sossaman, Claude "Corky" (1926? - January 12, 2010)

 
Claude "Corky" Sossaman, 84, a resident of Golden Living Center, Abbotsford, died Tuesday, January 12, 2010. 
 

Claude was a member of DAV, VFW, American Legion and served in the United States Army and retires as an interior/exterior painter.   
 

He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren. 
 

He was preceded in death by two wives, Beverly Anderson Sossaman and Georgina (Gina) Gokey Schmidt Sossaman; two brothers, Darrell and Herman Sossaman; one sister, Joy Reetz; and a step son, Dan Buss. 
 

Claude is survived by his wife, Nila Sterling Buss Sossaman; four sons, Donny Gokey of Stone Lake, Dennis "Butchie" of Unity, Rick (Susan) of Abbotsford, Larry (Donna) Schmidt of Colby; five daughters, Audrey (Jim) Sossaman Hopfensperger of Unity, Debra (Bill) Schmidt Kara of Colby, Marcia Schmidt of Wisconsin Rapids, Gloria (Sherman) Schmidt Calmes and Sherry (Timothy) Sossaman Lau of Green Bay; 25 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Floyd "Red," of Wind Lake, Douglas "Skip," of Colby, Ralph of Abbotsford; and one sister, Dixie Ingersoll of Colby. 

 
A service was held Saturday, January 16, 2010, Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home in Abbotsford, with burial of his cremated remains to take place at Abbotsford Cemetery.

 
Friends may send online condolences to www.maurinaschillingfuneralhomes.com 
 

Note: Birth information was not published with this obituary.