BOELUS — C. Cecil Clausen, 91, of rural Boelus died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, at CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church Family Center in Dannebrog. The Revs. Brian Pielstick and Pat Moore will officiate. Interment will be in Kelso Cemetery near Farwell, with military honors by Schipman Mogensen American Legion Post 201 of Boelus. Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Clausen was born April 20, 1924, on the family farm near Boelus to George and Gertrude (Klausen) Clausen. He was raised on the farm three miles north of Boelus when as a young boy his father died and the family moved into Boelus. He attended school in Boelus and graduated from Boelus High School in 1942.

Cecil then worked at the Bremerton Ship Yards in Washington state for a short time. He returned to the Boelus area to farm. He was united in marriage to Glenrose Obermiller on Feb. 27, 1944, at her parents’ farm north of Boelus.

Cecil entered the United States Navy in 1944, where he served until World War II ended. He returned to the farm near Boelus, where he continued to farm and lived for the rest of his life.

Cecil was innovative, designing and building a dairy barn where he operated a Grade A dairy for about 15 years. He was one of the first to have an irrigation well on his farm. Cecil also did land leveling for about 10 years when the Farwell Irrigation District was developed.

He took care of his wife, Glenrose, for the last couple of years of her life when her health was failing. Glenrose died on Nov. 14, 2005.

Cecil was united in marriage to Anita Pedersen on May 6, 2012, at Harvest Time Baptist Church in Grand Island.

Cecil enjoyed reading and he was a very strong supporter of Missions and Christian organizations. He was a born again Christian and was dedicated to his church and the activities of the church.

He was a member of Harvest Time Baptist Church in Grand Island and Schipman Mogensen American Legion Post 201 of Boelus. He had served on the Boelus School Board and served on Nebraska Christian School Board of Education and Advisory Board for many years.

Survivors include his wife, Anita of Boelus; two sons and daughters-in-law, Dallas and Marilyn Clausen of Springfield, Ore., and Douglas and Kathy Clausen of Boelus; two daughters and sons-in-law, Bonnie and Stan Jensen of Dannebrog and Valerie and Robin Friesen of Henderson; nine grandchildren and their spouses, Hans Clausen, Eric Clausen, Jonathon Clausen, Christi and Steve (Jensen) Hiebner, Cara and Russ (Jensen) Francl, Jocelyn and Dave (Clausen) Cochran, Jordyn and Rebecca Clausen, Bailey Friesen, and McKenna Friesen; 15 great-grandchildren; two stepsons and spouses, Randall and Nancy Pedersen of Royal, and Monty Pedersen of Grand Island; and a stepdaughter and spouse, Barbara and John Holum of Annapolis, Md.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Glenrose; an infant grandson, John Mark Clausen; and two sisters, Georgia Loutfallah and Fay Wall.