Her funeral will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 26, 2021 at Epiphany Catholic Church, Normal. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Wapella. Visitation will be held an hour prior to the service at the church.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Carmody-Flynn Funeral Home, Bloomington, is assisting the family with arrangements.
She was born October 31, 1928, in Tell City, IN, a daughter of Leo and Pearl Schierholzer Harpenau.
Surviving are three children, Susan Miller, Frank (Wendy) Miller and Roger (Julie) Miller; five grandchildren: Andrew (Nicole) Hyslop, Amy (Paul) Johnson, Justin (Courtney Lee) Miller, Allison (Wes Adams) Miller and Shelby Miller; three great-grandchildren: Audrey and Bennett Johnson and August Hyslop and a sister-in-law, Teresa Harpenau.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, James, Lloyd and Henry; a sister, Mary Jane and one sister in infancy.
Clara was a 1950 graduate of the St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing and went on to enjoy a long career as a nurse at that hospital, retiring after more than 45 years. Clara enjoyed embroidery and was an avid gardener.
Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL) - March 24, 2021
Her funeral will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 26, 2021 at Epiphany Catholic Church, Normal. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Wapella. Visitation will be held an hour prior to the service at the church.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Carmody-Flynn Funeral Home, Bloomington, is assisting the family with arrangements.
She was born October 31, 1928, in Tell City, IN, a daughter of Leo and Pearl Schierholzer Harpenau.
Surviving are three children, Susan Miller, Frank (Wendy) Miller and Roger (Julie) Miller; five grandchildren: Andrew (Nicole) Hyslop, Amy (Paul) Johnson, Justin (Courtney Lee) Miller, Allison (Wes Adams) Miller and Shelby Miller; three great-grandchildren: Audrey and Bennett Johnson and August Hyslop and a sister-in-law, Teresa Harpenau.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, James, Lloyd and Henry; a sister, Mary Jane and one sister in infancy.
Clara was a 1950 graduate of the St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing and went on to enjoy a long career as a nurse at that hospital, retiring after more than 45 years. Clara enjoyed embroidery and was an avid gardener.
Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL) - March 24, 2021
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