Obit: Larson, Clara (1887-1983)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Larson, Wegner, Potratz

---Source: Marshfield News-Herald (10 February 1983)

Larson, Clara Albertina (23 April 1887 - 10 February 1983)

WITHEE -- Mrs. Ralph (Clara A.) Larson, 95, died today at the home of her son and daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. James Larson of Route 2, Withee, where she had been residing.

Services will be Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Withee. The Rev. Douglas Groenewald will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Visitation will be at the Maurina Funeral Home, Owen. Memorials may be given to St. John's Lutheran Church, Groth Fund or the Bethesda Lutheran Home.

The former Clara A. Wegner was born April 23, 1887, in Waupaca, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman (Fredricka Potratz) Wegner. She and Ralph Larson were married in March 1921; he died in 1943.

Surviving are her son, James of Route 2, Withee, and four grandchildren. She was predeceased by two sisters and three brothers.

(Note: tombstone give birth as 1897 but age and year in obit matches 1900 and 1910 Wisconsin Federal Census)