Clarabelle, 97, (Barnum) Cline, died Thursday, February 2, 2017 at her residence in Grand Rapids Michigan. Clarabelle was born to Clarence Martz and Hazel Besmer Martz.
She and eleven siblings were raised to be resourceful, faithful and always ready to laugh at the silliness in life. The brothers and sisters prayed for each other daily.
She is predeceased by her husband of fifty-five years, Floyd Barnum in 1995, and her husband of ten years, Richard Cline in 2007.
Clarabelle was a woman of faith, active in her church and neighborhood through all the years of raising a family in Barry County. Later she continued to find her place and in new communities – in Rock Hill, South Carolina; Nashville, Michigan; Portland, Michigan and at Clark Home in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Even into these later years, her faith and her creativity sustained her. She continued to teach other residents knitting, crocheting, and other crafts. She was named one of the Volunteers of the year by the State of Michigan.
Clarabelle is survived by her children; Steven (Diane) Barnum, Rodger (Kathy) Barnum and Lois (Bill) Phelps, along with mom's cherished five grandchildren, their spouses and ten great grandchildren as well, brother; Clarence Martz of Portage. Clarabelle is also mourned by the children of her second husband, Richard Cline. They all called her 'Mom". They are: Evelyn (Ed) Martin, Richard Cline Jr., Paul Cline, Louise Hill, Ralph (Kathie) Showerman, Joyce Showerman, Robert (Laurita) Showerman.
She loved the time the grandchildren and great grandchildren spent with her at Clark Home.
The service was at Lauer Funeral - Wren Chapel in Hastings, Michigan with Rev. Dennis DeMond officiating. Burial was at the Warner Cemetery, in Castleton Township next to the farm where she and Floyd raised the family.
Memorial contributions to the Clark Home Benevolent Fund, Grand Rapids, MI would be greatly appreciated.
Lauer Funeral Home
She and eleven siblings were raised to be resourceful, faithful and always ready to laugh at the silliness in life. The brothers and sisters prayed for each other daily.
She is predeceased by her husband of fifty-five years, Floyd Barnum in 1995, and her husband of ten years, Richard Cline in 2007.
Clarabelle was a woman of faith, active in her church and neighborhood through all the years of raising a family in Barry County. Later she continued to find her place and in new communities – in Rock Hill, South Carolina; Nashville, Michigan; Portland, Michigan and at Clark Home in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Even into these later years, her faith and her creativity sustained her. She continued to teach other residents knitting, crocheting, and other crafts. She was named one of the Volunteers of the year by the State of Michigan.
Clarabelle is survived by her children; Steven (Diane) Barnum, Rodger (Kathy) Barnum and Lois (Bill) Phelps, along with mom's cherished five grandchildren, their spouses and ten great grandchildren as well, brother; Clarence Martz of Portage. Clarabelle is also mourned by the children of her second husband, Richard Cline. They all called her 'Mom". They are: Evelyn (Ed) Martin, Richard Cline Jr., Paul Cline, Louise Hill, Ralph (Kathie) Showerman, Joyce Showerman, Robert (Laurita) Showerman.
She loved the time the grandchildren and great grandchildren spent with her at Clark Home.
The service was at Lauer Funeral - Wren Chapel in Hastings, Michigan with Rev. Dennis DeMond officiating. Burial was at the Warner Cemetery, in Castleton Township next to the farm where she and Floyd raised the family.
Memorial contributions to the Clark Home Benevolent Fund, Grand Rapids, MI would be greatly appreciated.
Lauer Funeral Home
Clarabelle, 97, (Barnum) Cline, died Thursday, February 2, 2017 at her residence in Grand Rapids Michigan. Clarabelle was born to Clarence Martz and Hazel Besmer Martz.
She and eleven siblings were raised to be resourceful, faithful and always ready to laugh at the silliness in life. The brothers and sisters prayed for each other daily.
She is predeceased by her husband of fifty-five years, Floyd Barnum in 1995, and her husband of ten years, Richard Cline in 2007.
Clarabelle was a woman of faith, active in her church and neighborhood through all the years of raising a family in Barry County. Later she continued to find her place and in new communities – in Rock Hill, South Carolina; Nashville, Michigan; Portland, Michigan and at Clark Home in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Even into these later years, her faith and her creativity sustained her. She continued to teach other residents knitting, crocheting, and other crafts. She was named one of the Volunteers of the year by the State of Michigan.
Clarabelle is survived by her children; Steven (Diane) Barnum, Rodger (Kathy) Barnum and Lois (Bill) Phelps, along with mom's cherished five grandchildren, their spouses and ten great grandchildren as well, brother; Clarence Martz of Portage. Clarabelle is also mourned by the children of her second husband, Richard Cline. They all called her 'Mom". They are: Evelyn (Ed) Martin, Richard Cline Jr., Paul Cline, Louise Hill, Ralph (Kathie) Showerman, Joyce Showerman, Robert (Laurita) Showerman.
She loved the time the grandchildren and great grandchildren spent with her at Clark Home.
The service was at Lauer Funeral - Wren Chapel in Hastings, Michigan with Rev. Dennis DeMond officiating. Burial was at the Warner Cemetery, in Castleton Township next to the farm where she and Floyd raised the family.
Memorial contributions to the Clark Home Benevolent Fund, Grand Rapids, MI would be greatly appreciated.
Lauer Funeral Home
She and eleven siblings were raised to be resourceful, faithful and always ready to laugh at the silliness in life. The brothers and sisters prayed for each other daily.
She is predeceased by her husband of fifty-five years, Floyd Barnum in 1995, and her husband of ten years, Richard Cline in 2007.
Clarabelle was a woman of faith, active in her church and neighborhood through all the years of raising a family in Barry County. Later she continued to find her place and in new communities – in Rock Hill, South Carolina; Nashville, Michigan; Portland, Michigan and at Clark Home in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Even into these later years, her faith and her creativity sustained her. She continued to teach other residents knitting, crocheting, and other crafts. She was named one of the Volunteers of the year by the State of Michigan.
Clarabelle is survived by her children; Steven (Diane) Barnum, Rodger (Kathy) Barnum and Lois (Bill) Phelps, along with mom's cherished five grandchildren, their spouses and ten great grandchildren as well, brother; Clarence Martz of Portage. Clarabelle is also mourned by the children of her second husband, Richard Cline. They all called her 'Mom". They are: Evelyn (Ed) Martin, Richard Cline Jr., Paul Cline, Louise Hill, Ralph (Kathie) Showerman, Joyce Showerman, Robert (Laurita) Showerman.
She loved the time the grandchildren and great grandchildren spent with her at Clark Home.
The service was at Lauer Funeral - Wren Chapel in Hastings, Michigan with Rev. Dennis DeMond officiating. Burial was at the Warner Cemetery, in Castleton Township next to the farm where she and Floyd raised the family.
Memorial contributions to the Clark Home Benevolent Fund, Grand Rapids, MI would be greatly appreciated.
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