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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Clara Edinger
Clara
Edinger
Mar 4, 1913 — Aug 23, 2010
Clara Edinger's Obituary
Funeral services for Clara Edinger, age 97, of Elgin, ND will be at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 28, 2010 at Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin. Pastor John Amundson will officiate with burial at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery.
Serving as casketbearers are Rocky Ulrich, Jack Mohr, Harold Finck, Tom Mohr, Max Touchton, and Ted Eslinger.
CLARA ZIMMERLE was born March 4, 1913 in Sutton, NE, the second child born to John and Elizabeth (Zimbleman) Zimmerle. At age three, she moved with her parents to a farm west of Carson where she grew up and attended school. Her father passed away when Clara was nine years old. Clara went to live with her aunt and uncle in Carson until age seventeen. She began doing domestic work in the area.
Clara was united in marriage to Arthur Edinger on October 4, 1935. They lived in Yakima, WA and then Missoula, MT. In 1942, they returned to North Dakota where they farmed in various locations. They purchased their farm near Leith in 1950, and Clara operated that along with her husband. He passed away on March 20, 1980 and Clara continued operating the place with the help of her son. She continued to live on the place until entering the Jacobson Memorial Care Center in 2009.
Clara worked side by side with her husband in the field's doing the planting and harvesting. She loved raising chickens, geese, ducks, and working with the livestock.
She passed away on Monday morning, August 23, 2010 at the Jacobson Memorial Care Center in Elgin.
Clara is survived by her son, Kenneth, Elgin, ND; two daughters, Betty (Max) Touchton, Dover, TN, Arlyce (Tom) Mohr, Hazen, ND, one sister; Ida Eslinger, Elgin, ND, six grandchildren, Ruth Edinger, Marc (Carolyn) Touchton, Michele (Bobby) Scott, Jack (Angie) Mohr, Wendy (Dan) Simmons, Kathy (Chris) Russell, and six great grandchildren, Ashley and Garrett Touchton, Gracie and Lindsey Scott, Nathan and Natalie Mohr.
Clara is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Art, and four brothers, Leon, Gilbert, Richard, and John.
Visitation will be 10:00am to 1:00 pm on Saturday at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin.
Serving as casketbearers are Rocky Ulrich, Jack Mohr, Harold Finck, Tom Mohr, Max Touchton, and Ted Eslinger.
CLARA ZIMMERLE was born March 4, 1913 in Sutton, NE, the second child born to John and Elizabeth (Zimbleman) Zimmerle. At age three, she moved with her parents to a farm west of Carson where she grew up and attended school. Her father passed away when Clara was nine years old. Clara went to live with her aunt and uncle in Carson until age seventeen. She began doing domestic work in the area.
Clara was united in marriage to Arthur Edinger on October 4, 1935. They lived in Yakima, WA and then Missoula, MT. In 1942, they returned to North Dakota where they farmed in various locations. They purchased their farm near Leith in 1950, and Clara operated that along with her husband. He passed away on March 20, 1980 and Clara continued operating the place with the help of her son. She continued to live on the place until entering the Jacobson Memorial Care Center in 2009.
Clara worked side by side with her husband in the field's doing the planting and harvesting. She loved raising chickens, geese, ducks, and working with the livestock.
She passed away on Monday morning, August 23, 2010 at the Jacobson Memorial Care Center in Elgin.
Clara is survived by her son, Kenneth, Elgin, ND; two daughters, Betty (Max) Touchton, Dover, TN, Arlyce (Tom) Mohr, Hazen, ND, one sister; Ida Eslinger, Elgin, ND, six grandchildren, Ruth Edinger, Marc (Carolyn) Touchton, Michele (Bobby) Scott, Jack (Angie) Mohr, Wendy (Dan) Simmons, Kathy (Chris) Russell, and six great grandchildren, Ashley and Garrett Touchton, Gracie and Lindsey Scott, Nathan and Natalie Mohr.
Clara is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Art, and four brothers, Leon, Gilbert, Richard, and John.
Visitation will be 10:00am to 1:00 pm on Saturday at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin.
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