MENDOTA - Merlin W. Clausen, age 85, died Saturday, November 5, 2005.
He was the son of Bert and Orpha Wilhelmina Clausen. He married Gladys Tucker on June 11, 1942, in DeKalb. She died in 1987.
Marlin was a farmer and worked as a mechanic at RC Service in Mendota for 25 years. He was a lifetime member of the V.F.W. Post #4079, and a past member of Mendota Sportsman Club, American Legion, Mendota Elks and Mendota Moose.
He is survived by two sons, Kent (Colleen) of Franklin Grove and Kurt of Mendota; two daughters, Sally Clausen of Mendota and Linda (Brian Hopkins) Znaniecki of New Lisbon, Wis.; a brother, Lawrence (Shirley) of Walnut; two sisters, Alene Brandt and Doris Wester, both of Aurora, Colo.; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, a brother, a sister and a great-grandson.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Merritt Funeral Home in Mendota with the Rev. Ken Foster officiating. Burial will be in Wyoming Cemetery in Paw Paw.
He was the son of Bert and Orpha Wilhelmina Clausen. He married Gladys Tucker on June 11, 1942, in DeKalb. She died in 1987.
Marlin was a farmer and worked as a mechanic at RC Service in Mendota for 25 years. He was a lifetime member of the V.F.W. Post #4079, and a past member of Mendota Sportsman Club, American Legion, Mendota Elks and Mendota Moose.
He is survived by two sons, Kent (Colleen) of Franklin Grove and Kurt of Mendota; two daughters, Sally Clausen of Mendota and Linda (Brian Hopkins) Znaniecki of New Lisbon, Wis.; a brother, Lawrence (Shirley) of Walnut; two sisters, Alene Brandt and Doris Wester, both of Aurora, Colo.; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, a brother, a sister and a great-grandson.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Merritt Funeral Home in Mendota with the Rev. Ken Foster officiating. Burial will be in Wyoming Cemetery in Paw Paw.
MENDOTA - Merlin W. Clausen, age 85, died Saturday, November 5, 2005.
He was the son of Bert and Orpha Wilhelmina Clausen. He married Gladys Tucker on June 11, 1942, in DeKalb. She died in 1987.
Marlin was a farmer and worked as a mechanic at RC Service in Mendota for 25 years. He was a lifetime member of the V.F.W. Post #4079, and a past member of Mendota Sportsman Club, American Legion, Mendota Elks and Mendota Moose.
He is survived by two sons, Kent (Colleen) of Franklin Grove and Kurt of Mendota; two daughters, Sally Clausen of Mendota and Linda (Brian Hopkins) Znaniecki of New Lisbon, Wis.; a brother, Lawrence (Shirley) of Walnut; two sisters, Alene Brandt and Doris Wester, both of Aurora, Colo.; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, a brother, a sister and a great-grandson.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Merritt Funeral Home in Mendota with the Rev. Ken Foster officiating. Burial will be in Wyoming Cemetery in Paw Paw.
He was the son of Bert and Orpha Wilhelmina Clausen. He married Gladys Tucker on June 11, 1942, in DeKalb. She died in 1987.
Marlin was a farmer and worked as a mechanic at RC Service in Mendota for 25 years. He was a lifetime member of the V.F.W. Post #4079, and a past member of Mendota Sportsman Club, American Legion, Mendota Elks and Mendota Moose.
He is survived by two sons, Kent (Colleen) of Franklin Grove and Kurt of Mendota; two daughters, Sally Clausen of Mendota and Linda (Brian Hopkins) Znaniecki of New Lisbon, Wis.; a brother, Lawrence (Shirley) of Walnut; two sisters, Alene Brandt and Doris Wester, both of Aurora, Colo.; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, a brother, a sister and a great-grandson.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Merritt Funeral Home in Mendota with the Rev. Ken Foster officiating. Burial will be in Wyoming Cemetery in Paw Paw.
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