Clara Bader

CLARA BADER

Monticello

Clara J. Rink Bader, 94, of Monticello, died Saturday, July 25, 2015, at Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday July 29, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Monticello, where a Mass of Christian Burial will commence at 11 a.m. The Rev. Paul Baldwin will officiate and burial will be at Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Castle Grove.

Clara was born Sept. 7, 1920, near Monticello, the youngest child of Henry and Eliza (Dirks) Rink Sr. Clara graduated from Monticello High School with the class of 1938, receiving a Normal Training Certificate. On Oct. 6, 1941, Clara was united in marriage to Clarence Bader. Together they farmed in the Monticello and Anamosa areas. Clarence preceded her in death on April 9, 1983, and Clara moved to Monticello in 1986. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, ACCW and a past member of the Monticello Garden Club.

Clara is survived by her children, Sharon (Gary) Ciha of Mechanicsville, Colleen Tobiason of Cedar Rapids and Jeffrey (Becky) Bader of Anamosa; six grandchildren, Paul (Rita Swales) Ciha of Lisbon, Jonathan (Elizabeth Billmeyer) Tobiason of Marion, Suzanne (Anthony Owens) Tobiason of Chicago, Joseph and Justin Bader, both of Anamosa, and Joshua Bader of Fort Dodge; three stepgrand-children, Miles (Jean Clipperton) Schultz of Ann Arbor, Mich., Hannah Schultz of Silver Springs, Md., and August Schultz of Iowa City; six great-grandchildren, Taylor, Jasper, Lena, Arlo, Evelyn and Amelia; and a brother-in-law, James (Arlene) Bader of Marion.

She was preceded in death by her husband, four brothers, five sisters and two sisters-in-law.

Memorials are preferred to Pennington Square, Camp Courageous of Iowa and Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Information available at www.kramerfuneral.com.