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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 24028
Title: Clara A. Pool
Date: 9/17/1910-4/6/2018
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Inscription/Marks: 9/17/1910
Summary: Clara A. Pool, 107, Bismarck, ND, died April 6, 2018, at St. Vincent’s Care Center. Services were held April 11, 2018, at St. Vincent’s Care Center Chapel, with the Rev. Jerry Kautzman officiating. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Bismarck. Clara A. Fitzgerald was born September 17, 1910, at Denhoff, ND, the daughter of James and Mary (Ritchie) Fitzgerald. After high school Clara worked in Regan, ND, as a telephone operator. During this time she met John Pool. They married October 8, 1929, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Rectory in Wilton, ND. More than a homemaker, Clara helped John during his lengthy teaching career and enjoyed working with the students. After John retired from teaching in 1949, she and John moved to Hunter, ND, where they owned and operated the Hunter Movie Theater for 18 years. Though having no children of their own, it was during their time in Hunter that Clara and John parented their nephews, Charles and Patrick Fisher, and niece, Linda. Devout Catholics, Clara and John were active members of St. Agnes Catholic Church in Hunter. Clara enjoyed visiting with friends and that often included card games and sweets. Known for her cooking and baking, she is especially remembered for her fried chicken by any who were privileged to enjoy it. Wanting to continue in Catholic community and desiring to be closer to family, Clara and John moved to Bismarck’s Marillac Manor when it opened in 1986. After John’s death in 2000, Clara continued in their Marillac Manor apartment until March of 2014. She then moved to the Edgewood Village assisted living apartments where she resided for nearly a year before moving to St. Vincent’s Care Center in February 2015. Clara will be remembered for her smile, the twinkle in her eye, and her many stories from a long life well-lived. She’ll also be remembered for her longevity, though she modestly elected not to draw much attention to it. Clara is survived by her sister, Irene Diel, Tacoma, WA; and several nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, grand-nephews and godchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, John; her parents, James and Mary; brothers, Harvey, Lawrence, Bart and James; and sisters, Laura Sherman and Frances Krueger.
Red ID: FND_I_74695 Image ID: 526158 Image Notes: FND001 24028

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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