Clara
Bodell, 101
Warren
- Clara Bodell, 101, died on Wednesday, August
7, 2002 at the Good Samaritan Center in
Warren.
Funeral
services were held on 
Monday,
August 12 at 10 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in
Warren. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery in
Warren with Quanrud-DuBore Funeral Home in charge
of the arrangements.
Clara
Baesman was born on February 9, 1901, the daughter
of Fred and Alvina (Gustoff) Baesman in Coon
Rapids, Iowa. She was raised on a farm and attended
school through the eighth grade. She then moved to
Radium as a young girl where she worked on the farm
and was also a chamber maid at Hotel Warren.
On
June 7, 1922, Clara was united in marriage to Gust
Bodell in Warren. The couple farmed and raised
livestock on a farm east of Warren. Gust passed
away on October 25, 1965. Clara continued to live
on the farm until moving to the Good Samaritan
Center in April of 2000.
Clara
was a charter member of Zion Lutheran Church and
its Ladies Aid, a charter member of the VFW
Auxiliary and a member of the Legion Auxiliary. She
loved working in her flower and vegetable gardens,
being on the farm, crocheting and playing cards and
bingo.
Survivors
include two sons, Ron (Mary Ann) Bodell of Warren
and Donald "Mike" (Shirley) Bodell of Robbinsdale;
a daughter-in-law, Gladys Bodell of Warren; 17
grandchildren; many great-grandchildren, great
great-grandchildren and nieces and
nephews.
Clara
was preceded in death by her husband; four sons,
Warren, Harold, Howard and Marvin; daughter,
Beverly Mock; two sisters; and five
brothers.
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