Clara M. Stein, age 95 of Kimball died Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at the Assumption Nursing Home in Cold Spring.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 19, 2010 at St. Anne Catholic Church, Kimball. Fr. Gerald Mischke will Celebrate the Mass and burial will be in St. Anne's Catholic Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-7:30 p.m. Thursday at Dingmann Funeral Care Chapel, Kimball and one hour prior to the service, Friday at the church. A prayer service will be held at 7:00 p.m. and a rosary at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, both at the funeral home.

Clara Marie Stein was born July 12, 1915 in Rockville to Frank and Aggatha (Molitor) Bauer. She married Anton N. Stein on November 5, 1935 in Rockville and he preceded her in death on May 19, 1995. Clara farmed with her husband and later worked as a home health aide. She was a member of St. Anne Catholic Church in Kimball, Christian Mothers and of the Litchfield Senior Citizens Club. Clara enjoyed sewing, crocheting, baking, music, dancing and being with her three children, 19 grandchildren, 38 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren.

She is survived by two daughters, Laura Hanson & husband, Barry of Annandale and Rosella Decker & husband John of Cold Spring; sisters, Julia Voight of St. Augusta, Leona Hahn & husband, Larry of Cottage Grove, Catherine Eickers of Sartell, Tillie Anderson & husband, Aldine of Stansfield and Eleanor Brendalen & husband, Hans of Glidden, WI; 17 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Anton; daughter, Darlene Dodge; grandchildren, Joshua Hilsgen and Susan Decker; great grandchildren, Jonathan Decker and Cedric Ecker; sons-in-law, Marvin Hilsgen and Howard Dodge; sisters, Ida Schreiner and Alma Lovejoy; and brothers, Leo, Mike and Albert Bauer.

Pallbearers will be Troy Hilsgen, Darcy Anderson, Eddie Decker, Larry Decker, Danny Dodge and Toni Jean Schaepper. Frosty Schiefelbein, organist, and the St. Anne's Choir will provide the music for the service. Arrangements are entrusted to Dingmann Funeral Care, Kimball.