Submitted by: Wanda Purcell
Funeral services for Loriene Claussen, 69 years old Thomas
resident
will be held Tuesday, February 2, 1993 at 2:00 p.m. In the
United
Methodist Church of Thomas, Oklahoma with Rev.
Darryl Owen and Rev. Gary Davison officiating. Burial will
follow in the Mound Valley Cemetery under the direction of the Lockstone
Funeral
Home of Thomas.
Mrs. Claussen was born February 5, 1923 near Thomas, Oklahoma
and died
at the Bass Memorial Baptist Hospital in Enid, Oklahoma on
January 31,
1993. She spent most of her life living in or near Thomas. As
a small
child, her family moved to Three Sands, Oklahoma for two years.
They returned when she was around five years old to a farm east
of Thomas.
She attended the Victor school southeast of Thomas. After
school she
worked in Thomas until her marriage to Marvin Claussen on June
23, 1941.
To this union five children were born. They made their home for
50 years
on a farm northwest of Thomas. She joined Marvin in working on
the farm
while raising their children. She was a member of the United
Methodist
Church in Thomas. Memorial may be made to the Church.
Loriene was a kind and caring person that will be sorely missed
by family
and friends. Her love, concern, and enjoyment of people was
alway evident.
She is survived by 1 son Donnie and Glenda Claussen of Thomas,
Oklahoma;
3 daughters Lynda and Otis Clark of Shawnee, Oklahoma, Marlene
and Gary
Leddy of Leedey, Oklahoma, Carol and Larry Goyer of Weatherford,
Oklahoma;
13 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
She is preceded in
death by
her parents, James and Leona Dillman Tolman, her husband, Marv
in, 1 son,
Marvin Larry; 4 brothers, Raymond, J. E., John, Danny, 3 sisters,
Bea,
Mary, and Mildred.
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