McClung, Nora Pearl

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The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mrs. Pearl Sexauer. Gretchen Leenerts did not report exactly when and where this obituary was published.

Final Rites Friday for Pearl Sexauer: Final rites will be held for Mrs. Pearl Sexauer, 80, 1114 First Street at the Ankeny Methodist Church at 2:00 p.m., Friday, with burial in the Greenwood Cemetery. The Rev. Floyd Shepherd of Des Moines will officiate. The body may be seen at the Hamilton-Lilly Funeral Home Thursday evening. Mrs. Sexauer passed away at her home 29 November 1961, due to a heart condition following an illness of one month. Mrs. Pearl Sexauer was born 27 November 1881 at Elkhart, Iowa. She had lived in Ankeny since 1916, and was a member of the WSCS and the Ankeny Methodist Church. Mrs. Sexauer had celebrated her 80th birthday Monday, 27 November. Surviving are her husband, Fred J. Sexauer; one son Leland Sexauer of Waterloo; a daughter, Mrs. Lucille McCleary of Ankeny; three grandchildren, Doreen, Melvin and Norman McCleary. Also, two sisters, Mrs. Tena Mohler of Des Moines and Mrs. T. A. Busey of Kalispel, Montana; a brother, Herman McClung of Kalispel, Montana; and many friends in the Ankeny vicinity.

Nora married Sexauer, Fredrick Jacob 30 Jan 1906, Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana, USA. Fredrick (son of Sexauer, Matthew and Fiegenbaum, Wilhelmine Christine Elizabeth) was born 23 Apr 1877, Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa, USA; died 13 Oct 1964, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA; was buried 15 Oct 1964, Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet]

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The year of the marriage has been reported as either 1906 or 1907. For the following 6-8 years, Fred and Pearl farmed in Wawota, Saskatchewan, Canada. Their first child was born in Canada. The family then moved to a farm near Ankeny, Iowa. Pearl's obituary states that this was about 1916, but it seems likely that it happened earlier; the couple's second child was born in 1914 at Ankeny.

1. Sexauer, Lester Adolph was born 1 Jun 1908, Wawota, Saskatchewan, Canada; died 27 Oct 1945, Monterey, Monterey County, California, USA.
2. Sexauer, Leland Eugene was born 31 Jan 1914, Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa, USA; died 26 Jul 2000.
3. Sexauer, Lucille Irene was born 26 Jan 1920, Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa, USA; died Yes, date unknown.

Marion married Kennedy, Emma. Emma died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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Details of the marriage are not known at this time.