The Mass of Christian Burial for Clara Fiedler, age 90 of Mott, will be held at 10:00am MT, Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Mott with Fr. Charles Zins, officiating. Burial will be at 3:00pm CT on Wednesday afternoon at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery south of Mandan.


A Rosary Service will be held at 8:00pm MT on Tuesday evening at St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Mott.

Clara Elizabeth Schmidt was born on May 12, 1920 to Joseph and Barbara (Stumpf) Schmidt on the Schmidt Homestead near Bentley, ND. Clara attended a local country grade school and then high school in New Leipzig, graduating with the Class of 1938. She taught at a country school north of Burt for a few years. She moved to Milwaukee, WI where her brother Joe lived. Clara worked as a nanny and then in a munitions factory during WWII. She returned to Mott and began working at the Commercial Bank of Mott.


She met Gustave M. Fiedler "Gus" and they were united in marriage on April 12, 1950 in Mott, ND. They farmed with his brothers for a short time and then purchased some adjoining land. Four children were born from this union, Gary, LaRae, Donald, and Kenneth. Her husband, Gus began working for the U.S. Postal Service and Clara was a full-time stay at home mom, and together raised their family in Mott. Gus retired in 1971 and they continued to live in Mott until 1985 when they moved to Bismarck. In 1995, Gus entered the nursing home in Mott. Clara entered the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Mott on Aug 8, 2007.


Clara passed away on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at the Mott Good Samaritan Nursing Center.


Clara was a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church, Altar Society, and the Legion Auxillary. She enjoyed playing bridge, painting, quilting, sewing, ceramics, and gardening.


Grateful for having shared in her life are her two sons; Gary Fiedler, Mott, ND, Kenneth Fiedler, Fridley, MN; daughter, LaRae Frieze, (special friend, Jerry Casavant), Jamestown, ND; four grandchildren, Jennifer (Chad) Oye, Melissa Donegan, Sarah Frieze, Tessa (Adam) Rasmussen, and one great granddaughter, Jaci Oye, four sisters-in-law, Dorothy Sweeny, Louise Schmidt, Alice Fiedler, and Pauline Ross.


Clara was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Gustave on October, 5, 2001, one infant son, Donald; 2 sisters, Kathryn Seitz and Evelyn Lantz; five brothers, Adam, Joseph, Pete, Frank, and Lawrence Schmidt.


In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to the Mott Good Samaritan Nursing Center and the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery.


Visitation will be held Tuesday, August 3, from 1:00-6:00 p.m. at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Mott.