Claussen, Rueben J.

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Buried:
Funeral services were held in the First Presbyterian Church. Burial was in the North Platte Cemetery.

Died:

The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Reuben J. Claussen. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the article had appeared on 12 October 1955 in the Telegraph Bulletin, of North Platte, Nebraska.

     Funeral services will be held Friday for Reuben J. Claussen, 57, prominent North Platte businessman and civic leader, who died Tuesday at about 5 p.m. at his home. He was a partner in stores in North Platte, Kearney and Holdrege; a member and trustee of the First Presbyterian Church of North Platte; and member of BPOE 985; American Legion, Rotary Club, the Memorial Hospital Advisory Board, and the North Platte Planning Commission. Survivors include his wife, Louise, three sons, Dr. Bruce F. Claussen of North Platte; Jerry Claussen of Chicago, and Lt. Richard Claussen of Lawrence, Kansas; his mother, Mrs. Jesine Claussen of Beatrice; a brother Lorentz of Beatrice; and two grandchildren Mark Jerome and Dirk Malcolm. Mr. Claussen was born in Beatrice, Nebraska 28 February 1898 and came to North Platte from Grand Island in 1926. He attended the University of Nebraska prior to entering the U. S. Navy in World War 1. He was a partner in O'Connor Department Store in North Platte, the Claussen Shoe Store and the Famous Shoe Store, both in Kearney, and the Claussen Shoe Store in Holdrege. The Rev. George H. Olson of the First Presbyterian Church will officiate at services at 2:30 p.m. Friday in the church. Burial will be in North Platte Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Adams-Swanson Funeral Home until 10 a.m. Friday, when it will be taken to the church to lie in state until time of service.

Rueben married Fiegenbaum, Frances Louise 12 Jul 1921, Springfield, Sarpy County, Nebraska, USA. Frances (daughter of Fiegenbaum, Heinrich F. and Montgomery, Nellie Blanche) was born 25 Jun 1902, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Territory, USA; died 19 Apr 1992, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA; was buried 22 Apr 1992, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Married:

     The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of a notice of the wedding of Reuben J. Claussen and Frances Louise Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the article had appeared on 14 July 1921 in the Springfield Monitor, of Springfield, Nebraska.

     Out-of-town guests attending the Claussen-Fiegenbaum wedding Tuesday evening were Mrs. R. P. Claussen, mother of the groom and Don Van Arsdale, Beatrice; Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Fiegenbaum and Miss Martha Fiegenbaum, Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Fiegenbaum and daughter, Frances, and little son, Billy of Geneva, Nebraska; Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Miller, daughters Kathryn, Wilma and son, of Wathena, Kansas; Mrs. S. O. Lovell and daughter Genevieve of Lincoln and Mr. Paul Griswold of Omaha.

     The following notice was published in the Sunday World-Herald, of Omaha, Nebraska, on 10 July 1921, in a column titled "In Cupid's Net."

Claussen-Fiegenbaum.

     The wedding of Miss Louise Fiegenbaum, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Fiegenbaum of Springfield, Neb., and Reuben J. Claussen of Beatrice, will take place Tuesday evening at the home of the bride's parents. Miss Fiegenbaum, who is an accomplished pianist, is well known here, where she has often visited. Mr. Claussen is a University of Nebraska graduate. The couple will be at home at Beatrice after a honeymoon trip to the Minnesota lakes.

Residence (family):
In her father's 1954 obituary, she was identified as Mrs. Reuben J. Claussen, of North Platte, Nebraska.

1. Claussen, Bruce F. was born 12 Jun 1925, Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, USA; died 1 Mar 1997, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA.
2. Claussen, Reuben Jerome was born 1 Dec 1926, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA; died 14 Nov 1986, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
3. Claussen, Richard L. was born 15 Apr 1932, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA; died 10 Sep 1999, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA; was buried 18 Sep 1999, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA.