Clara Ethel Hoskinson was born on a farm three miles east of Vinland settled by her parents about 1882. She was the sixth of eight children born to Joseph Dudley & Sarah Ellen (Anderson) Hoskinson. She was raised in the Harmony community and attended Harmony Grade School except for four years in Las Vegas, New Mexico, where her parents and her two younger siblings moved for her mother's health. After her mother died in 1908, the family returned to their farm in Kansas. At not quite 15 years of age, Clara became the family's "little mother," keeping house for her widowed father and helping raise her younger sister and brother. She continued to live at home, taking care of her father until his death in 1943.
Although she never married, Clara possessed a gift of relating to persons of all ages. She kept in contact with two generations of nieces and nephews, near and far, through letters, cards, phone calls and gifts. Her memory was exceptional for birth dates, children's names and happenings and she delighted in passing on family stories and anecdotes. She delighted in giving her nieces and nephews pennies to put in the church collection plate for their birthdays.
Her caring was not limited to family, but also reached out to neighbors, friends and their children with birthday cakes, afghans, jars of jelly and other handmade gifts.
Clara belonged to the Vinland Methodist Church for most of her life. When younger, she was active in Methodist Missionary Society as a home visitor.
After her father's death in 1943, Clara moved to Baldwin City where she lived in the upstairs apartment in a home at Tenth and High streets. She cooked for sororities and fraternities at Baker University. This gave her the opportunity to know and befriend many ministerial students.
Even after entering Orchard Lane Nursing Facility in February 1970, she remained active, walking all over Baldwin to deliver mail or do errands for shut-ins and taking responsibility upon herself at the nursing home to assist in others' care. She came to look upon Orchard Lane as a home, enjoying the companionship and love of the staff and residents until her final illness.
Although she never married, Clara possessed a gift of relating to persons of all ages. She kept in contact with two generations of nieces and nephews, near and far, through letters, cards, phone calls and gifts. Her memory was exceptional for birth dates, children's names and happenings and she delighted in passing on family stories and anecdotes. She delighted in giving her nieces and nephews pennies to put in the church collection plate for their birthdays.
Her caring was not limited to family, but also reached out to neighbors, friends and their children with birthday cakes, afghans, jars of jelly and other handmade gifts.
Clara belonged to the Vinland Methodist Church for most of her life. When younger, she was active in Methodist Missionary Society as a home visitor.
After her father's death in 1943, Clara moved to Baldwin City where she lived in the upstairs apartment in a home at Tenth and High streets. She cooked for sororities and fraternities at Baker University. This gave her the opportunity to know and befriend many ministerial students.
Even after entering Orchard Lane Nursing Facility in February 1970, she remained active, walking all over Baldwin to deliver mail or do errands for shut-ins and taking responsibility upon herself at the nursing home to assist in others' care. She came to look upon Orchard Lane as a home, enjoying the companionship and love of the staff and residents until her final illness.
Clara Ethel Hoskinson was born on a farm three miles east of Vinland settled by her parents about 1882. She was the sixth of eight children born to Joseph Dudley & Sarah Ellen (Anderson) Hoskinson. She was raised in the Harmony community and attended Harmony Grade School except for four years in Las Vegas, New Mexico, where her parents and her two younger siblings moved for her mother's health. After her mother died in 1908, the family returned to their farm in Kansas. At not quite 15 years of age, Clara became the family's "little mother," keeping house for her widowed father and helping raise her younger sister and brother. She continued to live at home, taking care of her father until his death in 1943.
Although she never married, Clara possessed a gift of relating to persons of all ages. She kept in contact with two generations of nieces and nephews, near and far, through letters, cards, phone calls and gifts. Her memory was exceptional for birth dates, children's names and happenings and she delighted in passing on family stories and anecdotes. She delighted in giving her nieces and nephews pennies to put in the church collection plate for their birthdays.
Her caring was not limited to family, but also reached out to neighbors, friends and their children with birthday cakes, afghans, jars of jelly and other handmade gifts.
Clara belonged to the Vinland Methodist Church for most of her life. When younger, she was active in Methodist Missionary Society as a home visitor.
After her father's death in 1943, Clara moved to Baldwin City where she lived in the upstairs apartment in a home at Tenth and High streets. She cooked for sororities and fraternities at Baker University. This gave her the opportunity to know and befriend many ministerial students.
Even after entering Orchard Lane Nursing Facility in February 1970, she remained active, walking all over Baldwin to deliver mail or do errands for shut-ins and taking responsibility upon herself at the nursing home to assist in others' care. She came to look upon Orchard Lane as a home, enjoying the companionship and love of the staff and residents until her final illness.
Although she never married, Clara possessed a gift of relating to persons of all ages. She kept in contact with two generations of nieces and nephews, near and far, through letters, cards, phone calls and gifts. Her memory was exceptional for birth dates, children's names and happenings and she delighted in passing on family stories and anecdotes. She delighted in giving her nieces and nephews pennies to put in the church collection plate for their birthdays.
Her caring was not limited to family, but also reached out to neighbors, friends and their children with birthday cakes, afghans, jars of jelly and other handmade gifts.
Clara belonged to the Vinland Methodist Church for most of her life. When younger, she was active in Methodist Missionary Society as a home visitor.
After her father's death in 1943, Clara moved to Baldwin City where she lived in the upstairs apartment in a home at Tenth and High streets. She cooked for sororities and fraternities at Baker University. This gave her the opportunity to know and befriend many ministerial students.
Even after entering Orchard Lane Nursing Facility in February 1970, she remained active, walking all over Baldwin to deliver mail or do errands for shut-ins and taking responsibility upon herself at the nursing home to assist in others' care. She came to look upon Orchard Lane as a home, enjoying the companionship and love of the staff and residents until her final illness.
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