Obit: Grimm, Clara (1905-1983)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Grimm, Arens, Brost

----Source: Marshfield News-Herald (21 July 1983)

Grimm, Clara G. (11 Oct 1905-20 July 1983)

NEILLSVILLE -- Mrs. Ernest A. (Clara G.) Grimm, 77, of Neillsville Memorial Home, died Wednesday at Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire.

Visitation will be at the Gesche Funeral Home, Neillsville and at The McKenzie Funeral Home, Oak Forest, Illinois. Graveside services will be Saturday at Oak Hill Cemetery, Blue Island, Illinois.

The former Clara G. Arens was born October 11, 1905 in Chicago to Mr. and Mrs. Charles (Henrietta Brost) Arens, and was educated there. She was employed by Marshall Fields in Chicago for several years.

On March 11, 1929 she was married to Ernest A. Grimm in Chicago. She worked for several years at Western Electric in Chicago, and in 1947 they moved to Neillsville and farmed until 1954, when they returned to Chicago. In 1963 they moved to Stratford, where they lived for 10 years, before moving to Fall Creek. She resided there until three years ago, when she became a resident of the Memorial Home.

Survivors include two sons, Karl of Fall Creek and Ernie of Alsip, Illinois; and seven grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband in 1979, one sister and three brothers.

 

 


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