CLARA MARIE DeCLUE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 24, 1927 IN GOOD HOPE, ILLINOIS, A DAUGHTER TO LEO AND LENA (nee GOWAN) DENNIS. SHE PASSED AWAY JANUARY 24, 2009, AT HER RESIDENCE IN DE SOTO, MISSOURI, AT AGE 81 YEARS, AND 4 MONTHS.
SHE MARRIED RAYMOND LLOYD DeCLUE, SR., AND TO THIS UNION FOUR CHILDREN WERE BORN.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE THREE DAUGHTERS: JO ELLEN DeCLUE, DE SOTO, MISSOURI; BETTY (JIM) LEE, BROWNSBORO, ALABAMA; AND LENA YOUNG, TROY, MISSOURI; A SON: RAYMOND (PATSY) DeCLUE, CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE; ONE SISTER: MAUDE JOHNSON, DE SOTO, MISSOURI; TWO BROTHERS: LEONARD (DONNA) DENNIS, HILLSBORO (WARE), MISSOURI; AND NATE (LINDA) DENNIS, DE SOTO, MISSOURI; 9 GRANDCHILDREN AND 17 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND, SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SIBLINGS: ERNEST DENNIS, MARY JOHNSON, AND HELEN KELSO.