Francis (Claussen) Spurling
Last known address: Hollywood, California
Daughter of August and Cathrina (Schlueter) Claussen

Francis attended Ewoldt No. 1 and Ewoldt No. 9 country schools in Carroll County.
No record of her attending Manning town school.

57th Anniversary for Manning Pair
Mr. and Mrs. August Claussen will observe their 57th wedding anniversary here October 11.
Their children are Arthur Claussen of Holdredge, Nebraska, Mrs. Frances Spurling of Aberdeen, South Dakota, Mrs. Florence Diehl and Miss Iris Claussen of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Tony Stapleton of New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Spurling has been visiting with her parents for several Weeks.
Daily Nonpareil, October 8, 1946

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Claussen and children, Gene and Jewell, were evening dinner guests at the Henry J. Wagner home at Hooper on Tuesday.
August Claussen and Henry Hagedorn of Manning, Iowa were guests at the home of a son of the former, Arthur Claussen and family on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
West Point News, West Point, Nebraska, April 9, 1931

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Claussen of Holdredge, Nebraska, and Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Hansen left Wednesday morning to attend the national convention of the American Legion in Boston. Mrs. Diels of Omaha, Mrs. Arthur Claussen's mother, and Gary Claussen will visit Gary's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. August Claussen.
Carroll Daily Times Herald, September 21, 1940

Mrs. Claussen, Manning, Joins Oldster Club
A new member of the Three-Quarter Century Club is Mrs. Cathrina M. Claussen of South Manning.
Mrs. Claussen was born Cathrina Schlueter, daughter of Hans and Margaretha Schlueter, in Linden, Holstein, Germany, December 31, 1864. She emigrated to the United States in 1884 to Harlan in Shelby County. In 1902, she moved to Manning. She was married to August H. Claussen October 11, 1889, in Fremont, Nebraska.
Mr. and Mrs. Claussen celebrated their golden wedding October 11, 1939. The Claussens lived on a farm for twenty-eight years and the rest of the time in the city.
Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Claussen, the oldest, Lily, passed away in 1927.
The others are Mrs. Tony Stapleton, Washington, D.C.; Arthur, Holdrege, Nebraska; Mrs. Frances Spurling, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Mrs. Florence Diels, Los Angeles, California; Miss Iris Claussen, Miles City, Montana.
Five of the eight children born to Mrs. Claussen's parents are living. They are Cathrina M. Claussen, Manning; Otto Schlueter, Fremont, Nebraska; Mrs. Anna Hille, Fremont, Nebraska; Mrs. Emma Doane, Santa Rosa, California; Mrs. Claredina Morgan, Winnebago.
Mrs. Claussen attends the Presbyterian Church.
Carroll Daily Times Herald, August 27, 1940