Clara Harley
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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She was born in Indiana to Vern and Jennie Kirkdorffer. She married Wayne Harley, who preceded her in death.
She loved people and her church and family. She enjoyed singing with her Pop and nine brothers and sisters as a girl and even into adulthood, when their family group entertained for a "Sugar Drawing" at the local grocery store. During World War II, she built armatures and later worked in a tomato cannery. She also worked as a store clerk, a wallpaper hanger, painted barns, owned and worked a farm, did custom bailing with her husband and children and was a rural mail carrier. After retiring to Texas, she worked with the United Methodist Women's organization and greeted new residents at Mobil Village, Aransas Pass.
Surviving are a daughter, Katherine (and spouse Jesse) Perry, Aransas Pass; two granddaughters, Sherryl Cooper, Arkansas, and Teresa Coggins, Rockport, Texas; a grandson, Steve (and spouse Julie) Perry, Kansas; six great-grandsons, Mark and Steven Cooper, Jesse, James and Josh Perry and Brett (and spouse Sara) Coggins; a great-great-granddaughter, Jasmine Coggins; six step-great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Ruth (and spouse Olin) Russler, Arizona, and Betty (and spouse Len) Smith, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Mary Kilmer; six brothers, John, Junior, Everett, Marland, Theron and Raymond Kirkdorffer; a son, Bob Harley; and a grandson, Mark Perry.
According to her wishes, no formal services will be conducted. She will be remembered during services at First United Methodist Church and Faith Baptist Church, both in Aransas Pass.
Charlie Marshall Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Rockport-Fulton, Aransas Pass, is in charge of arrangements.[[In-content Ad]]
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She was born in Indiana to Vern and Jennie Kirkdorffer. She married Wayne Harley, who preceded her in death.
She loved people and her church and family. She enjoyed singing with her Pop and nine brothers and sisters as a girl and even into adulthood, when their family group entertained for a "Sugar Drawing" at the local grocery store. During World War II, she built armatures and later worked in a tomato cannery. She also worked as a store clerk, a wallpaper hanger, painted barns, owned and worked a farm, did custom bailing with her husband and children and was a rural mail carrier. After retiring to Texas, she worked with the United Methodist Women's organization and greeted new residents at Mobil Village, Aransas Pass.
Surviving are a daughter, Katherine (and spouse Jesse) Perry, Aransas Pass; two granddaughters, Sherryl Cooper, Arkansas, and Teresa Coggins, Rockport, Texas; a grandson, Steve (and spouse Julie) Perry, Kansas; six great-grandsons, Mark and Steven Cooper, Jesse, James and Josh Perry and Brett (and spouse Sara) Coggins; a great-great-granddaughter, Jasmine Coggins; six step-great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Ruth (and spouse Olin) Russler, Arizona, and Betty (and spouse Len) Smith, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Mary Kilmer; six brothers, John, Junior, Everett, Marland, Theron and Raymond Kirkdorffer; a son, Bob Harley; and a grandson, Mark Perry.
According to her wishes, no formal services will be conducted. She will be remembered during services at First United Methodist Church and Faith Baptist Church, both in Aransas Pass.
Charlie Marshall Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Rockport-Fulton, Aransas Pass, is in charge of arrangements.[[In-content Ad]]
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