Lifelong Alaskan Mrs. Clara Mae James, 81, joined her husband and many of her immediate family members in heaven on Saturday evening, Sept. 27, 2014, with her only child by her bedside. She died of natural causes at her home in Clam Gulch, Alaska. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014, at the First Covenant Church, located at 1145 C Street in Anchorage, Alaska. A committal service will be held at Fort Richardson National Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest next to her husband, Alfred L. James. Pallbearers will include Jon James, Sisser Messenger, Michael Fox and Joshua Sims. Clara was born July 14, 1933, to John L. and Mary Lou (David) Ost in Golovin, Alaska. She graduated from Homer High School and attended Anchorage Community College. Clara had lived in Golovin, White Mountain, Anchorage, Fairbanks and Ninilchik, Alaska, and had made Clam Gulch her home. She was a member of the First Covenant Church in Anchorage. Clara was loved by her family and friends and her granddaughter, Emmalee, was the light of Clara's life, "Her Precious." Clara had a colorful life of travel and family and enjoyed fishing, hunting and berry hunting. She loved to crochet and knit as well as play solitaire. Clara was preceded in death by her husband. She is survived by her son and his other half, Jon Lowell James and Melissa; grandchildren, Michael, Vincent and Emmalee; 67 neices and nephews; 70 great-nieces and nephews; and 13 great-great nieces and nephews. Arrangements were cared for by the Anchorage Funeral Home. Please visit Clara's obituary and online guestbook at www.AlaskanFuneral.com
Lifelong Alaskan Mrs. Clara Mae James, 81, joined her husband and many of her immediate family members in heaven on Saturday evening, Sept. 27, 2014, with her only child by her bedside. She died of natural causes at her home in Clam Gulch, Alaska. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014, at the First Covenant Church, located at 1145 C Street in Anchorage, Alaska. A committal service will be held at Fort Richardson National Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest next to her husband, Alfred L. James. Pallbearers will include Jon James, Sisser Messenger, Michael Fox and Joshua Sims. Clara was born July 14, 1933, to John L. and Mary Lou (David) Ost in Golovin, Alaska. She graduated from Homer High School and attended Anchorage Community College. Clara had lived in Golovin, White Mountain, Anchorage, Fairbanks and Ninilchik, Alaska, and had made Clam Gulch her home. She was a member of the First Covenant Church in Anchorage. Clara was loved by her family and friends and her granddaughter, Emmalee, was the light of Clara's life, "Her Precious." Clara had a colorful life of travel and family and enjoyed fishing, hunting and berry hunting. She loved to crochet and knit as well as play solitaire. Clara was preceded in death by her husband. She is survived by her son and his other half, Jon Lowell James and Melissa; grandchildren, Michael, Vincent and Emmalee; 67 neices and nephews; 70 great-nieces and nephews; and 13 great-great nieces and nephews. Arrangements were cared for by the Anchorage Funeral Home. Please visit Clara's obituary and online guestbook at www.AlaskanFuneral.com
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