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Claussen, Richard L.

Male 1932 - 1999  (67 years)


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  • Name Claussen, Richard L. 
    Born 15 Apr 1932  North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Sep 1999  Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 

    • The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Richard L. Claussen. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared in a newspaper serving North Platte, Nebraska.

           Richard L. Claussen, a native of North Platte, died 10 September 1999 in Denver. He was 67. He was born 15 April 1932 in North Platte to Rueben and Louise Fiegenbaum Claussen. He attended North Platte High School, where he played football and was a member of the team that won the state championship in 1949. He graduated with the Class of 1950. A four-year Regent Scholar at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, he graduated in 1954. On 4 November 1954 he married Lorraine Coryell in Lincoln. She preceded him in death in 1993. Mr. Claussen was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and in college he was the yell king for the Corn Cobs Cheerleading. He was a lieutenant in the U. S. Army. Surviving him are three daughters, Courtney and Cameron both of Denver and Gentry of New York City; three sons, Stuart, Thatcher and Chase all of Denver; four grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Georgann Claussen of North Platte; his companion, Martha Kelly; and other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Bruce and Jerry Claussen. Memorials may be made to the Richard L. Claussen Memorial Fund, North Platte High School Foundation, P. O. Box 1557, North Platte 69103. The body was cremated. Services and inurement were 18 September 1999 in Fairmount Cemetery in Denver.
    Buried 18 Sep 1999  Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Richard's cremated remains were buried in Fairmont Cemetery.
    Person ID I443  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2009 

    Father Claussen, Rueben J.,   b. 28 Feb 1898, Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1955, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Mother 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  [5, 6, 7, 8] 

    •      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  [9] 
    • In her father's 1954 obituary, she was identified as Mrs. Reuben J. Claussen, of North Platte, Nebraska.
    Family ID F152  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Coryell, Lorraine,   d. 1993 
    Married 4 Nov 1954  Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Residence (family) Dec 1954  Aberdeen, Harford County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • In his grandfather's 1954 obituary, he was identified as Lt. Richard Claussen, of Aberdeen, Maryland.
    Residence (family) Oct 1955  Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • In his father's 1955 obituary, he was identified as Lt. Richard Claussen, of Lawrence, Kansas.
    Residence (family) Apr 1992  Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • In his mother's 1992 obituary, he was identified as "Richard L.," of Denver, Colorado.
    Children 
     1. Claussen, Stuart
     2. Claussen, Thather
     3. Claussen, Chase
     4. Claussen, Courtney
     5. Claussen, Cameron
     6. Claussen, Gentry
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F2130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 127, 152.
      Richard L. (Dick) Claussen, child of Reuben J. Claussen and Frances Louise Fiegenbaum, was born on 15 April 1932 at North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska.

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 127, 152.
      Richard L. (Dick) Claussen died on 10 September 1999 at Denver, Denver County, Colorado.

    3. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 152.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Richard L. Claussen. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared in a newspaper serving North Platte, Nebraska. The name of the source and the date of publication were not given.

    4. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 152.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Richard L. Claussen. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared a newspaper serving North Platte, Nebraska. The name of the source and the date of publication were not given.
           "The body was cremated. Services and inurement were 18 September 1999 in Fairmount Cemetery in Denver."

    5. [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.

    6. [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."

    7. [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...."

    8. [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.

    9. [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;...."

    10. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 152.
      Richard L. (Dick) Claussen and Lorraine Coryell were married on 4 Novmeber 1954 at Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska.

    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 ...five grandchildren: ...Lt. Richard Claussen of Aberdeen, Maryland...."

    12. [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.
           "Survivors include ...three sons, Dr. Bruce F. Claussen of North Platte; Jerry Claussen of Chicago, and Lt. Richard Claussen of Lawrence, Kansas...."

    13. [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.
           "Survivors include two sons, Richard L. of Denver, Colorado and Dr. Bruce F. and wife Georgann of North Platte...."


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