Claussen, Rueben J.

Male 1898 - 1955  (57 years)


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  • Name Claussen, Rueben J. 
    Born 28 Feb 1898  Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Oct 1955  North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5

    • 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.
    Buried 14 Oct 1955  North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Funeral services were held in the First Presbyterian Church. Burial was in the North Platte Cemetery.
    Person ID I439  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2016 

    Family Fiegenbaum, Frances Louise,   b. 25 Jun 1902, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Territory, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1992, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 12 Jul 1921  Springfield, Sarpy County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9, 10

    •      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) Dec 1954  North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    • In her father's 1954 obituary, she was identified as Mrs. Reuben J. Claussen, of North Platte, Nebraska.
    Children 
    +1. Claussen, Bruce F.,   b. 12 Jun 1925, Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1997, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +2. Claussen, Reuben Jerome,   b. 1 Dec 1926, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1986, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    +3. Claussen, Richard L.,   b. 15 Apr 1932, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1999, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F152  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 127.
      Reuben J. Claussen was born on 28 February 1898 at Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska.

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 127.
      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.
           "Mr. Claussen was born in Beatrice, Nebraska 28 February 1898 and came to North Platte from Grand Island in 1926."

    3. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 126.
      Reuben J. Claussen died on 11 October 1955 at North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska.

    4. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 126-127.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Frances Louise (Fiegenbaum) Claussen. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the article had appeared on 21 April 1992 in the North Platte Telegraph, of North Platte, Nebraska.
           "On 12 July 1921 she married Reuben J. Claussen at Springfield. He died 11 October 1955."

    5. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 127.
      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."

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 127.
      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.... 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."

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 127.
      Reuben J. Claussen and Frances Louise Fiegenbaum were married on 12 July 1921 at Springfield, Sarpy County, Nebraska.

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 126-127.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Frances Louise (Fiegenbaum) Claussen. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the article had appeared on 21 April 1992 in the North Platte Telegraph, of North Platte, Nebraska.
           "On 12 July 1921 she married Reuben J. Claussen at Springfield."

    9. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 127.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an of the weddign 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...."

    10. [S211] Article or notice, "Claussen-Fiegenbaum." 1921.
      Sunday World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska). Sunday, 10 July 1921; Page E2, Column 4. Digital copy accessed in August 2014.
           "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...."
           Tuesday, the day of the marriage, was 12 July 1921.

    11. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 83-84.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Henry Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 9 December 1954 in the Springfield Monitor, of Springfield, Nebraska.
           "He is survived by ...two daughters, Mrs. Reuben J. Claussen of North Platte and Mrs. Clyde W. Martin of Omaha;...."