Clara Bell Barth, 99, died on Monday, April 17, 2000, at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital in Charles City. She was born on September 6, 1900.
Clara Barth received her education in the rural Coldwater Township Schools and attended the Greene Public School.
On November 29, 1917, she was united in marriage to Albert George Barth in Charles City. They spent their entire married life in Greene with the exception of a year spent in Long Beach, California. In 1924 they moved to their present farm where they lived the remainder of their lives. For several years Clara assisted her husband in the operation of a skating rink and bowling alley in Greene.
Clara will be remembered for the large garden that she cared for and the beautiful flowers that she raised and shared every Sunday at Church. For many years she sold eggs to people in the community. She loved her entire family and faithfully served her Church. She was a life time member of the Church of the Brethren, where she was a Sunday School Teacher for many years, and enjoyed participating in the women's fellowship.
Sunday dinners were family gatherings for fifty years, where she would prepare for every family member who could be there. Throughout the years she has made quilts and crafts for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She leaves to join her husband, who died on March 10, 1972; her parents; four sisters, Daisy Solt, Pearl Wirth, Ruth Flora and Ora Shatzer; one brother, Floyd Kingery; and a son-in-law, Earle Hyers.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, April 20, 2000, at the Church of the Brethren in Greene, with Pastor Gene Burry officiating.
Interment was in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Greene. The Reid's Funeral Chapel in Greene was in charge of the arrangements.
Clara Barth received her education in the rural Coldwater Township Schools and attended the Greene Public School.
On November 29, 1917, she was united in marriage to Albert George Barth in Charles City. They spent their entire married life in Greene with the exception of a year spent in Long Beach, California. In 1924 they moved to their present farm where they lived the remainder of their lives. For several years Clara assisted her husband in the operation of a skating rink and bowling alley in Greene.
Clara will be remembered for the large garden that she cared for and the beautiful flowers that she raised and shared every Sunday at Church. For many years she sold eggs to people in the community. She loved her entire family and faithfully served her Church. She was a life time member of the Church of the Brethren, where she was a Sunday School Teacher for many years, and enjoyed participating in the women's fellowship.
Sunday dinners were family gatherings for fifty years, where she would prepare for every family member who could be there. Throughout the years she has made quilts and crafts for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She leaves to join her husband, who died on March 10, 1972; her parents; four sisters, Daisy Solt, Pearl Wirth, Ruth Flora and Ora Shatzer; one brother, Floyd Kingery; and a son-in-law, Earle Hyers.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, April 20, 2000, at the Church of the Brethren in Greene, with Pastor Gene Burry officiating.
Interment was in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Greene. The Reid's Funeral Chapel in Greene was in charge of the arrangements.
Clara Bell Barth, 99, died on Monday, April 17, 2000, at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital in Charles City. She was born on September 6, 1900.
Clara Barth received her education in the rural Coldwater Township Schools and attended the Greene Public School.
On November 29, 1917, she was united in marriage to Albert George Barth in Charles City. They spent their entire married life in Greene with the exception of a year spent in Long Beach, California. In 1924 they moved to their present farm where they lived the remainder of their lives. For several years Clara assisted her husband in the operation of a skating rink and bowling alley in Greene.
Clara will be remembered for the large garden that she cared for and the beautiful flowers that she raised and shared every Sunday at Church. For many years she sold eggs to people in the community. She loved her entire family and faithfully served her Church. She was a life time member of the Church of the Brethren, where she was a Sunday School Teacher for many years, and enjoyed participating in the women's fellowship.
Sunday dinners were family gatherings for fifty years, where she would prepare for every family member who could be there. Throughout the years she has made quilts and crafts for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She leaves to join her husband, who died on March 10, 1972; her parents; four sisters, Daisy Solt, Pearl Wirth, Ruth Flora and Ora Shatzer; one brother, Floyd Kingery; and a son-in-law, Earle Hyers.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, April 20, 2000, at the Church of the Brethren in Greene, with Pastor Gene Burry officiating.
Interment was in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Greene. The Reid's Funeral Chapel in Greene was in charge of the arrangements.
Clara Barth received her education in the rural Coldwater Township Schools and attended the Greene Public School.
On November 29, 1917, she was united in marriage to Albert George Barth in Charles City. They spent their entire married life in Greene with the exception of a year spent in Long Beach, California. In 1924 they moved to their present farm where they lived the remainder of their lives. For several years Clara assisted her husband in the operation of a skating rink and bowling alley in Greene.
Clara will be remembered for the large garden that she cared for and the beautiful flowers that she raised and shared every Sunday at Church. For many years she sold eggs to people in the community. She loved her entire family and faithfully served her Church. She was a life time member of the Church of the Brethren, where she was a Sunday School Teacher for many years, and enjoyed participating in the women's fellowship.
Sunday dinners were family gatherings for fifty years, where she would prepare for every family member who could be there. Throughout the years she has made quilts and crafts for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She leaves to join her husband, who died on March 10, 1972; her parents; four sisters, Daisy Solt, Pearl Wirth, Ruth Flora and Ora Shatzer; one brother, Floyd Kingery; and a son-in-law, Earle Hyers.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, April 20, 2000, at the Church of the Brethren in Greene, with Pastor Gene Burry officiating.
Interment was in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Greene. The Reid's Funeral Chapel in Greene was in charge of the arrangements.
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