Obit: Winkel, Clara (1916 - 2013)
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Surnames: Winkel, Schulz, Theilig, Dassow, Longsdorf, Holtzheimer
----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, WI) 03/06/2013
Winkel, Clara (24 MAY 1916 - 3 MAR 2013)
Clara Winkel, age 96, of Colby, passed away Sunday evening, March 3, 2013 at the
House of the Dove Marshfield with family at her bedside and under the tender
care of Ministry Home Care Hospice.
Funeral services will be held at 11AM on Friday, March 8, 2013 at Zion Lutheran
Church in Colby. The Rev. Mark Neumann will officiate. Burial will follow in
Colby Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Thursday at the church in
Colby from 4:30PM until 8PM and again at the church on Friday from 10AM until
time of services. Acting as Clara's pallbearers will be Lorin Dassow, David and
Daniel Longsdorf, Daniel Holtzheimer, Nathaniel Swenson and Lester Willner.
Clara's honorary pallbearers will be her granddaughters: Darla Dassow, Cari
Carlson, Kimberli Winkel and Kristina Holtzheimer.
Life Tributes Funeral Home in Spencer is assisting the family.
Clara was born May 24, 1916 in the town of Colby, daughter of the late George
and Wilhelmina (Schulz) Theilig. On September 4, 1937 she married Alex Winkel at
Zion Lutheran Church in Colby.
He died February 20, 1978.
Besides raising her family, she was employed at area supper clubs as a cook,
cooked at Meadow Farms in Abbotsford, worked at a local hardware store and at
both the clinic and post office in Colby.
She was very active in the community. Along with being a long time member of
Zion Lutheran Church, Clara belonged to the Zion Sewing Circle, Our Afternoon
Out Homemakers Club, Colby Senior Citizens Group, Clark County Historical
Society, Friends of Colby Library. She shared her times and talents by
volunteering at the Colonial House and reading to Zion Lutheran Preschoolers.
Clara's hobbies included working in her vegetable and flower gardens, raspberry
picking, crocheting, ceramic works and hand crafting.
Survivors include her children: Janice Dassow of Medford; Mardell (Richard)
Longsdorf of St. Cloud, MN; Darrel (Marie) Winkel of Hewitt; her grandchildren:
Darla Dassow of Robbinsdale, MN; Lorin (Bobbie) Dassow of Medford; Cari Carlson
of Marshfield; David (Alissa) Longsdorf of Superior; Daniel (Laurie) Longsdorf
of Springfield, MN; Kimberli Winkel of Rockford, IL and Kristina (Daniel)
Holtzheimer of Auburndale; 13 great grandchildren and 3 great
great-grandchildren along with many nieces, nephews other relatives and friends.
Clara was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one daughter Carol, one
granddaughter Sandra, one great granddaughter Angel, one son-in-law Hank Dassow,
three sisters and two brothers.
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