Hans was standing guard duty one night and could hear the shells bursting all around. The next morning he was to
be sent to the front lines, but word came through that the Armistice had been signed.
Hans always remembered the "eerie" feeling when so suddenly, everything became so still and quiet.
He was given an honorable discharge June 8, 1919, at Camp Dodge.
Born January 5,
1888 Lugum Kloster, Germany
Entered Into Rest January 10, 1955 at home, Aspinwall, Iowa
Age 67 years, 5 days
Services Held At Zion Lutheran
Church Manning Thursday, January 13, 1955, 2 P.M.
Clergyman Rev. John M. Ansorge
Interment Manning Cemetery
Military Honors Ceremonial Squad American Legion Post No. 22 Manning
Hans Clausen of Aspinwall Dead
Funeral services for Hans Clausen, 67, of Aspinwall, will be held Thursday
afternoon at Zion Lutheran church here with the Rev. John M. Ansorge in charge.
Burial will be in the Manning cemetery with military rites by the ceremonials
team of the Manning American Legion post of which Mr. Clausen was a member.
Legionnaires will be pallbearers.
Mr. Clausen, a retired railroad man, had lived in Aspinwall 30 years. He died
at his home Monday following a long illness.
He is survived by his wife.
Coming to Aspinwall, he became an employee of the Milwaukee railroad.
On March 23, 1927, he was united in marriage to Amanda Schroeder; the couple
made Aspinwall their home continuously from that time on.
In 1947, the deceased was forced to give up his railroad work because of ill health. His condition became worse and on March 2, 1954, he suffered a stroke which made him bedfast. A series of strokes followed. He passed away peacefully on January 10. He is survived by his widow and other relatives and friends.
The Rev. John M. Ansorge was in charge of the services and he was a member of the American Legion post No. 22 of Manning and military honors by the ceremonials squad were bestowed. Legion members were pallbearers and burial was made at the Manning cemetery.
Relatives and friends from a distance who attended the last rites included Mrs. Elsie Abel of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Gus and John Witt of Rick Island, Illinois., Mr. and Mrs. Hjalmer Johannsen of Milan, Illinois, Mrs. Catherine Clausen and Mrs. Flora Schroeder of Davenport, Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Schroeder of Council Bluffs, Don Schroeder of Madrid, Wallace Schroeder of Seward, Nebraska, Mrs. Thomas Schroeder, Mrs. Ralph Reinke, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schroeder, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schmidt of Schleswig, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hass, Mr. Fred Schroeder, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Schuldt, Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Ehrichs, Mrs. Verna Meggers, Mrs. Emil Ehrichs of Denison and Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hass of Irwin.