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Clara LaVera Kaufman Wurtz

St. John Community Mar. 16, 1913 | Dec. 21, 2014
St. John Community | Mar. 16, 1913 | Dec. 21, 2014

Clara LaVera Kaufman Wurtz, 101, of the St. John community, McCracken County, died on Sunday, December 21, 2014 surrounded by her family.  A lifelong and devoted member of the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, she was born on March 16, 1913.

 

She is survived by her children, Martha Kallaher (Jim), Frances Geraldine Durbin (Lawrence), Jim Wurtz, John Wurtz, Betty Usry (Richard), and Sandy Durbin (David); and grandchildren, Debbie Champion Stewart, Lori Champion Lashgari, Keith Durbin, Randy Durbin, Matt Durbin, Jennifer Wurtz, William Wurtz, Ashley Usry Locher, Amy Usry Minton, Allison Usry, Leigh Durbin Holmes and Courtney Durbin; thirteen great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

 

She was preceded in death by her husband William E. Wurtz to who she was married on November 25, 1940 and her parents Adam Sebastian Kaufman and Barbara Christina Englert Kaufman.  She was also preceded in death by siblings, Conley Kaufman, Lorene Kaufman Drury, Annie Kaufman, Rosella Kaufman Krimple, Mary Kaufman Wurth, Martin Kaufman and son-in-law Jim Champion and daughter-in-law Mary Lou Wurtz.

 

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 23, 2014  at 9:00 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, with funeral mass officiated by Rev. Tom Buckman immediately following at 11:00 a.m.   Burial will follow at St. John Cemetery.

 

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made  to the St. John the Evangelist Catholic church Building Fund, 6705 Old U.S. 45 South, Paducah, KY  42003.

 

Lone Oak Chapel Milner & Orr Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

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