Obituary for Charles R Clausen
Charles Clausen, 62, of Stanhope died suddenly Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at Van Diest Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 19, 2022 at Foster Funeral and Cremation Center. Burial will be at Lawn Hill Cemetery, south of Stanhope. Visitation will be Friday, November 18th from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Charles Roger Clausen, son of W. Roger and Ethel (Kelley) Clausen, was born November 19, 1959 in Webster City. He graduated from South Hamilton Schools in 1978 and went on to attend the farm-op program at Iowa State University. On May 1, 1982, Charles was united in marriage to Shelley Yates in Stanhope.
He is survived by his wife, Shelley; son, Seth Clausen; daughter, Sarah (Chris) Keenan; grandsons, Wyatt Clausen, Christian Keenan, Elijah Keenan, Joseph Keenan, Logan Keenan; sister, Cathy (Rod) Springer all of Stanhope; brother-in-law, Lynn (Jennifer) Yates of Indianola and sister-in-law, Leann (Phil Gillespie) Yates of Cordova, IL and many extended family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Roger and Ethel, and in-laws, Wendell and Ardys Yates.
Tragedy struck our family the day Charles died. Shelley lost her best friend, her rock, her everything, her husband Charles. We don’t find this to be fair. We struggle with why. We know God’s plan is set for all of us, but Charles was simply taken too soon. Charles loved his family. Whether it was helping out with a project like building a front deck or an impromptu expanding a fence and bringing the tractor over, to coming over for garage time where he would pull out his old blue and white webbed chair that no one should of been sitting in but Charles always said “he'd rider to the ground if it broke”. Which he had a few over the years he would take that ride with. He loved the holidays…Thanksgiving was the annual tradition of lighting the big evergreen out front of his parents’ house that you could see for miles. He even started that tradition with his little blue tree. Charles could make a friend wherever he went, and you couldn't go anywhere, and I mean anywhere without someone walking by and he'd know them.
Charles was absolutely adored by friends and family. Everyone who met him could learn something from him. He was a strong man, but he was also a kind man. Charles gave everything he could to his family and friends, and most of all he gave himself. He gave his time, his knowledge, his tools, and even an opinion if it was what you needed. Charles was truly someone you could count on and will be truly missed on so many levels.
Don’t take any time for granted my friends. Life is short.
Charles Roger Clausen, son of W. Roger and Ethel (Kelley) Clausen, was born November 19, 1959 in Webster City. He graduated from South Hamilton Schools in 1978 and went on to attend the farm-op program at Iowa State University. On May 1, 1982, Charles was united in marriage to Shelley Yates in Stanhope.
He is survived by his wife, Shelley; son, Seth Clausen; daughter, Sarah (Chris) Keenan; grandsons, Wyatt Clausen, Christian Keenan, Elijah Keenan, Joseph Keenan, Logan Keenan; sister, Cathy (Rod) Springer all of Stanhope; brother-in-law, Lynn (Jennifer) Yates of Indianola and sister-in-law, Leann (Phil Gillespie) Yates of Cordova, IL and many extended family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Roger and Ethel, and in-laws, Wendell and Ardys Yates.
Tragedy struck our family the day Charles died. Shelley lost her best friend, her rock, her everything, her husband Charles. We don’t find this to be fair. We struggle with why. We know God’s plan is set for all of us, but Charles was simply taken too soon. Charles loved his family. Whether it was helping out with a project like building a front deck or an impromptu expanding a fence and bringing the tractor over, to coming over for garage time where he would pull out his old blue and white webbed chair that no one should of been sitting in but Charles always said “he'd rider to the ground if it broke”. Which he had a few over the years he would take that ride with. He loved the holidays…Thanksgiving was the annual tradition of lighting the big evergreen out front of his parents’ house that you could see for miles. He even started that tradition with his little blue tree. Charles could make a friend wherever he went, and you couldn't go anywhere, and I mean anywhere without someone walking by and he'd know them.
Charles was absolutely adored by friends and family. Everyone who met him could learn something from him. He was a strong man, but he was also a kind man. Charles gave everything he could to his family and friends, and most of all he gave himself. He gave his time, his knowledge, his tools, and even an opinion if it was what you needed. Charles was truly someone you could count on and will be truly missed on so many levels.
Don’t take any time for granted my friends. Life is short.