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Clara E. Smith

Jan. 26, 1923 – Feb. 18, 2019

Clara E. Smith, age 96,

of West Fargo, ND, died

Monday, February 18,

2019 at Villa Maria, Fargo,

after a brief illness.

Clara Elise Furness was

born January 26, 1923, to

Karl and Kari (Hanson)

Furness in Battleview,

ND. She married Michael

Smith April 17, 1940, in

Williston, ND. They

farmed near McGregor,

ND, for 65 years. She al-

ways had a large vegetable

garden and shared her

bounty with family and

friends. She will be

remembered for her deli-

cious homemade buns,

brownies, and the Crisco

cans of cookies she

brought when visiting her

children and grandchil-

dren. They moved from

the farm to West Fargo

after retiring in 2011 to be

closer to family.

She is survived by her

daughter Jan Skaare,

Mesa, AZ; sons, Dennis

(Melanie), Minot, ND,

Doug (Cynthia), West Far-

go; grandchildren: Micha-

el Smith, Tracey (Domin-

ick) Perone, Robert (Su-

san) Smith, Jill (Bob)

Skaare, Gavin (Sarah)

Smith, Darren (Nikki)

Smith, Kerry Smith; 16

great-grandchildren, 3

great-great-grandchildren;

and many nieces &

nephews.

Clara was preceded in

death by her husband

Michael in 2014, her

parents, brothers: Karsten,

Herman & Harvey; and

her sisters: Sophie Meli-

gan, Minnie Gudvangen,

Bertha Fredrickson, Sena

Barden, Pena Barden,

Josephine Berger & Laura

Furness.

“She was a small but

mighty redhead, and she

will be missed”.

Funeral: Private Ser-

vices will be held in West

Funeral Home, West Far-

go.

Interment: Riverview

Cemetery, Williston.

West Funeral Home &

Life Tribute Center

westfuneralhome.com.