Obit: Hribar, Clara #3 (1925 - 2012)

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Surnames: Hribar, Routar, Jionetti, Zwaschka, Denk, Paredes, Suda

----Source: The Loyal TRG ( Loyal Clark County, WI) 02 MAY 2012

Hribar Clara (16 JULY 1925-23 APR 2012)

Clara C. Hribar, 86, Greenwood, died on Monday, April 23, 2012, at her home. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 28, at Holy Family Catholic Church, Willard. Rev. Joseph Follmar officiated. Burial of cremains followed in Holy Family Catholic Cemetery.

Clara Christine Routar was born on July 16, 1925, in Willard, the daughter of John and Ana (nee Jionetti) Routar. She was raised on the family farm and received her education at Willard State Graded School and graduated from Greenwood High School in 1943. She then attended St. Joseph’s School of Nursing, Marshfield, and graduated in 1947. After graduation, she worked for a time at St. Joseph’s Hospital and also did private nursing care in other hospitals. She married Walter Hribar on Nov. 25, 1948, at Holy Family Catholic Church, Willard. She and Walter farmed together in Greenwood until retirement. She was a member of the KSKJ, American Slovenian Catholic Union.

Clara’s life involved caring for her family and she expressed her love by the wonderful cooking that she did for all.

She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Walter, Greenwood; their children, Joanne (Tom) Zwaschka, Willard, Wally (Cheryl) Hribar, Prior Lake, Minn., Patti (Gerry) Denk, Crystal Lake, Ill., Kathy (Tim Dew) Paredes, Conroe, Texas, Patti (Dennis) Suda, Spencer, and Tom (Lynn Eaton) Hribar, New Prague, Minn.; 12 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Anne Collier and Jenny Routar; and one brother, John Routar.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.cuddiefh.com.

Cuddie Funeral Home, Greenwood, assisted the family with arrangements.