Obit: Clair, Lizzie Albright (1869 - 1959)
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Surnames: ALBRIGHT BACKUS BORCHERS CLAIR CLASS COHARA CROTZER DUNNE FRAVERT HENDRICKSON HINTZ KIPPENHAN KURTH LUNKA MALNAR NULTON OLSON PAKIZ PETERSON ROUTAR SCHARENBROCK SEVERSON SYTH TROST ZIMMERMAN
----Source: Clark County Press - August, 1959
Obituary of Mrs. Lizzie A. Claire (1869-1959)
Mrs. Lizzie Claire, nee Albright was born
January 14, 1869 at Lena, Ill. and was married there June 16, 1891
to Aaron L. Claire. After their marriage they lived at Mount
Morris, Ill. Until 1907 when they moved to Willard. She continued
to live in the Willard area after her husband's death until eight
years ago when she went to live with her daughter in Chicago. She
was a member of the Brethren Church.
Mrs. Claire passed away at the home of her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. John Scharenbrock in Chicago on Monday, August 18,
1958. A service was held in Chicago and the body was brought to the
Hill Funeral Home on
Thursday morning.
Funeral services were held at the Hill Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. on
Friday, August 22, 1959. Rev. Mrs. Ethel Nulton of Grace Methodist
Church officiated. Burial was made in the Greenwood cemetery.
During the services the Misses Carol Syth and Joann Peterson sang,
"In The Garden" and "What A Friend We Have In Jesus" accompanied by
Mrs. Wm. Olson on the piano.
The pallbearers were Roland and Paul Hintz, Jack and James
Scharenbrock, Sterling Zimmerman and Roy Dunne.
Mrs. Claire is survived by one son, Arnold B. Claire, Willard three
daughters, Mrs. Arnold (Alma) Hendrickson, Aurora, Ill. Mrs.
John
(Elizabeth) Scharenbrock, Chicago Mrs. Glenn (Mildred) Borchers,
Lyndon Station eleven grandchildren 18 great-grandchildren, and one
brother, Dr. J. L. Albright, Chicago, Ill.
One daughter Ada, two sons Alva and Allen, and 7 sisters and 6
brothers preceded her in death.
Those from away who attended the rites were Mr. And Mrs. Arnold
Hendrickson, Aurora, Ill. Mr. And Mrs. John Scharenbrock, Sr. and
son James Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scharenbrock, Chicago, Ill. Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Borchers and son Jerry, Lyndon Station Mr. And Mrs.
Galen Claire, Pearl City, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hintz and family,
Milwaukee Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kippenhan, Wausau Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Fravert and children, Loyal Mr. and Mrs. Byron Class,
Granton Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Zimmerman, New Orleans, La. Mrs.
Herbert Kurth, Neillsville.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dunne, Evanston, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Anton Zevnik,
Middleton Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Kippenhan, Owen Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Zevnik, Oklahoma City, Okla. Ronald and Paul Hintz, Arnold Claire,
Mary Lou and Jeannie Trost, Mr. and Mrs. Mirko Pakiz, John Routar,
Sr., Mrs. Blaz Cohara, Mrs. Elmer Severson, Matt Malnar, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Lunka, Mr. and Mrs.Walter Backus and children, Mr. and
Mrs. Nick Crotzer, Mr. and Mrs Henry
Trybula and family, Mrs. Scharenbrock, all of Willard.
Errors
o Lizzie was Elizabeth Rebecca Albright
o The family name is Clair (the trailing e is in error)
o Lizzie's son-in-law was Arnold Henrikson (not
Hendrickson)
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