Margaret M. Claas, 86, of Tipton, Mo., died Saturday, April 21, 2001 at Villa Marie Rehab Center in Jefferson City, Mo. Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 24, 2001 at St. Andrew's Catholic Church, Tipton with the Rev. Henry Reichert officiating. Friends may call and the family will receive friends after 3 p.m. Monday, April 23 at the Meisenheimer-Griswold Funeral Home in Tipton. An Altar Society Prayer Service will begin at 3 p.m. and a prayer service will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Interment in St. Andrew's Cemetery, Tipton. Pallbearers will be Dion Knipp, Curt Knipp, Don Doza, Scott Claas, Rick Blatz and Jeff Knipp.
Mrs. Claas was born May 9, 1914 in Tipton, Mo. the daughter of Louis "Doc" and Sophia Schmitt Imhoff. On April 6, 1937 she married Richard J. Claas at St. Martin's Church near Pilot Grove, Mo.
She lived most of her life in the Tipton community. She was a member of St. Andrew's Catholic Church, the Altar Society and Knights of Columbus Auxiliary. Mrs. Claas worked as a seamstress at Tipton Pants Factor for more than thirty years. Following retirement from the pants factory, she worked a s a cook at St. Andrew's School. She also worked as a volunteer for the Red Cross blood bank and helped deliver meals on wheels in the community. She loved to play cards and quilt.
She is survived by one son, Donald Claas of St. Charles, Mo.; one daughter, Ruth Knipp of Tipton, Mo.; two brothers, John Imhoff of Blackwater, Mo. and Louis Imhoff, Jr. of Issaquah, Wash.; four sisters, Bertha Gerling, Blackwater, Mo., Anna Mae Bentlage, Jefferson City, Mo., Mary Helen Schuster, Nevada, Mo. and Clara "Tooter" Knipp, Tipton, Mo.; five grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Paul and Frank Imhoff.
The family suggests memorial contributions to St. Andrew's Church or Cemetery or the American Cancer Society.
Contributor: Becky Kennedy (48464338)
Mrs. Claas was born May 9, 1914 in Tipton, Mo. the daughter of Louis "Doc" and Sophia Schmitt Imhoff. On April 6, 1937 she married Richard J. Claas at St. Martin's Church near Pilot Grove, Mo.
She lived most of her life in the Tipton community. She was a member of St. Andrew's Catholic Church, the Altar Society and Knights of Columbus Auxiliary. Mrs. Claas worked as a seamstress at Tipton Pants Factor for more than thirty years. Following retirement from the pants factory, she worked a s a cook at St. Andrew's School. She also worked as a volunteer for the Red Cross blood bank and helped deliver meals on wheels in the community. She loved to play cards and quilt.
She is survived by one son, Donald Claas of St. Charles, Mo.; one daughter, Ruth Knipp of Tipton, Mo.; two brothers, John Imhoff of Blackwater, Mo. and Louis Imhoff, Jr. of Issaquah, Wash.; four sisters, Bertha Gerling, Blackwater, Mo., Anna Mae Bentlage, Jefferson City, Mo., Mary Helen Schuster, Nevada, Mo. and Clara "Tooter" Knipp, Tipton, Mo.; five grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Paul and Frank Imhoff.
The family suggests memorial contributions to St. Andrew's Church or Cemetery or the American Cancer Society.
Contributor: Becky Kennedy (48464338)
Margaret M. Claas, 86, of Tipton, Mo., died Saturday, April 21, 2001 at Villa Marie Rehab Center in Jefferson City, Mo. Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 24, 2001 at St. Andrew's Catholic Church, Tipton with the Rev. Henry Reichert officiating. Friends may call and the family will receive friends after 3 p.m. Monday, April 23 at the Meisenheimer-Griswold Funeral Home in Tipton. An Altar Society Prayer Service will begin at 3 p.m. and a prayer service will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Interment in St. Andrew's Cemetery, Tipton. Pallbearers will be Dion Knipp, Curt Knipp, Don Doza, Scott Claas, Rick Blatz and Jeff Knipp.
Mrs. Claas was born May 9, 1914 in Tipton, Mo. the daughter of Louis "Doc" and Sophia Schmitt Imhoff. On April 6, 1937 she married Richard J. Claas at St. Martin's Church near Pilot Grove, Mo.
She lived most of her life in the Tipton community. She was a member of St. Andrew's Catholic Church, the Altar Society and Knights of Columbus Auxiliary. Mrs. Claas worked as a seamstress at Tipton Pants Factor for more than thirty years. Following retirement from the pants factory, she worked a s a cook at St. Andrew's School. She also worked as a volunteer for the Red Cross blood bank and helped deliver meals on wheels in the community. She loved to play cards and quilt.
She is survived by one son, Donald Claas of St. Charles, Mo.; one daughter, Ruth Knipp of Tipton, Mo.; two brothers, John Imhoff of Blackwater, Mo. and Louis Imhoff, Jr. of Issaquah, Wash.; four sisters, Bertha Gerling, Blackwater, Mo., Anna Mae Bentlage, Jefferson City, Mo., Mary Helen Schuster, Nevada, Mo. and Clara "Tooter" Knipp, Tipton, Mo.; five grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Paul and Frank Imhoff.
The family suggests memorial contributions to St. Andrew's Church or Cemetery or the American Cancer Society.
Contributor: Becky Kennedy (48464338)
Mrs. Claas was born May 9, 1914 in Tipton, Mo. the daughter of Louis "Doc" and Sophia Schmitt Imhoff. On April 6, 1937 she married Richard J. Claas at St. Martin's Church near Pilot Grove, Mo.
She lived most of her life in the Tipton community. She was a member of St. Andrew's Catholic Church, the Altar Society and Knights of Columbus Auxiliary. Mrs. Claas worked as a seamstress at Tipton Pants Factor for more than thirty years. Following retirement from the pants factory, she worked a s a cook at St. Andrew's School. She also worked as a volunteer for the Red Cross blood bank and helped deliver meals on wheels in the community. She loved to play cards and quilt.
She is survived by one son, Donald Claas of St. Charles, Mo.; one daughter, Ruth Knipp of Tipton, Mo.; two brothers, John Imhoff of Blackwater, Mo. and Louis Imhoff, Jr. of Issaquah, Wash.; four sisters, Bertha Gerling, Blackwater, Mo., Anna Mae Bentlage, Jefferson City, Mo., Mary Helen Schuster, Nevada, Mo. and Clara "Tooter" Knipp, Tipton, Mo.; five grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Paul and Frank Imhoff.
The family suggests memorial contributions to St. Andrew's Church or Cemetery or the American Cancer Society.
Contributor: Becky Kennedy (48464338)
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