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- [S927] Obituary.
Clara Mosbrucker, 91, Mandan, passed away peacefully on Jan. 18, 2015, at Sanford Continuing Care Center in Mandan.
Mass of Christian Burial was held on Jan. 23, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Mandan, with the Rev. Shane Campbell as celebrant. Burial was at Mandan Union Cemetery.
Clara was born July 30, 1923, on the family farm in Morton County, to George and Elizabeth (Barth) Yantzer. She was raised in the Crown Butte, area and received an eighth grade education, but with further instruction, received her GED in 1956.
As a teenager she held housekeeping positions for a couple families in Mandan. Clara met the love of her life, Nick Mosbrucker, at a dance in Judson, and were married on Nov. 23, 1943, at St. Vincent’s Catholic Church in Crown Butte.
She and Nick farmed for the first 10 years of their lives together until Nick developed pleurisy of the lungs and moved to Mandan in 1953.
As a housewife in town, she also did jobs as an interior painter and worked at both Cloverdale and John Iverson’s. Later Nick and Clara purchased and operated the Mandan Western Shop, where she acted as bookkeeper and partner.
Clara had a talent for cooking and entertaining. Her highlights were making a grand Christmas spread of hors d’oeuvres for the store holiday parties. She also loved preparing her German dough dishes and Thanksgiving turkey with rice dressing for her family.
Clara and Nick were lifelong dance partners. They enjoyed both ballroom and square dancing. Their favorite song was Lara’s Theme from the movie Dr. Zhivago. They made sure to dance it together when it was played.
Nick and Clara were married for almost 50 years before Nick’s death on Nov. 9, 1993.
Clara loved to golf and spent many a day on the Mandan Municipal Golf Course. She liked to oil paint on canvas. Clara would also paint a nativity scene on the picture window with glass wax every Christmas.
Clara loved her family. When her children were young she would tell them bedtime stories of the “Cowboy and the Nurse” or take them sledding down the alley on a snowy day.
Clara will be deeply missed by her children, Mark (Patty) Mosbrucker, Mandan and Kim (Duane) Nelson, Mandan; five grandchildren, Ryan, Evan and Taylor Mosbrucker, Jessica Azad, and Kyle (Dr. Rachel Peterson) Nelson; three great-grandchildren who called her GG, Hayden, Samuel and Shae; sisters, Betty Fleck and Rosie (John) Berger; brother, Arnold (Kathleen) Yantzer; sister-in-law, Monica Yantzer, Bismarck; special friends, her card playing partners, former golf partners, friends of St. Joseph Church, Doris Johnson, Sarah Bengston and Brittney Bornemann.
Clara was preceded in death by her husband, Nick; parents; brothers, Tony Yantzer, Matt (Betty) Yantzer ; sister, Veronica Frohlich; brothers-in-law and sister-in-law, Pete Fleck and Veronica (Gedius).
“Not flesh of my flesh, nor bone of my bone, but still miraculously my own. Never forget for a single minute, you didn’t grow under my heart, but in it.”
In Lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to the St. Joseph Trust Fund.
Go to www.weigelfuneral.com to sign the online guestbook and view tribute photos.
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1923 - 2015 (91 years)