Obit: Sailer, Clara (Mertens) (1903 – 1997)

Contact: Linda Mertens
Email: mertens@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Sailer, Jakubowski, Mertens, Lueth, Harder, Mueller, Glasshof, Schnedler, Rhyner, Hughes, Schnieder, Scholz, Maurina

----Source - Anna Johnson's Scrapbook

Clara Sailer (3 Jun 1903 – 2 Mar 1997)

Clara Marie Sailer, 93, Owen, died on Sunday, March 2, 1997, at the Memorial Hospital of Taylor County, Medford.

Funeral services were held March 5 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Owen, with Rev. Al Jakubowski presiding. Burial was in the Dorchester Memorial Cemetery. Sons served as pallbearers.

The former Clara Mertens was born on June 3, 1903, in the Town of Little Black, rural Dorchester, the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Henrichs) Mertens. On October 23, 1922, Clara and Conrad Sailer were united in marriage. They farmed in the Town of Little Black until 1947, and moved to Owen. Clara operated the Cozy Corner Restaurant and later the Freemont Hotel in Owen. She was the cook at the former Havenet Nursing Home in Owen. She was a member of the Owen American Legion Auxiliary, the Owen Homemakers Club and Holy Rosary Catholic Church and Parish Council of Catholic Women.

Clara is survived by six sons, Earl (Nancy) Sailer of Wisconsin Rapids, Gordon (Enid) Sailer of West Bend, Leon (Frankie) Sailer of Tomahawk, Glenn (Ada) Sailer of Evergreen, Col., James Sailer of Milwaukee and Raymond “Buddie” (Nancy) Sailer of Pewaukee; four daughters, Marjorie Lueth of Greenfield, Doris Harder of Hartland, Florence Mueller of West Allis and Winnifred (Millard) Glasshof of Milwaukee; two sisters, Marie (Robert) Schnedler of Milwaukee and Madge (Arnold) Rhyner of Dorchester; two brothers, Lawrence Mertens of Milwaukee and George Mertens of Waukesha; 71 grandchildren, 149 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great grandchildren and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband; two daughters, Ruth Hughes and Mildred Schnieder; four brothers, Albert, John, Carl and Alfred Mertens, and one sister, Pearl Scholz.