Descendants of Capt. Arthur Fenner

Clara E. Fenner

 

[b 8 Mar. 1902 in KS; d 11 Sept. 1976 in Kendricktown, Jasper, MO] Clara E. Fenner m 1st Alfred Eugene Fansler [b 24 Nov. 1898 at Adairn, MO; d 19 Nov. 1956 at Carthage, Jasper, MO]. She m 2nd William Edgar Nagle [b 4 Mar. 1906; d 11 Feb. 1977] on 3 July 1967 at Neosho, MO.

Mrs. Clara Fansler Nagle, Kendricktown, Route 4, 74, died at 3:15 p.m. Saturday at McCune-Brooks Hospital where she had been a patient the last six days. Born March 8, 1902, she had been a Carthage area resident most of her lifetime. Her first husband Alfred Fansler died Nov. 19, 1956. She was married to William Edgar Nagle July 3, 1967 at Neosho.

Surviving are her husband; two sons Dwight Fansler, Kenosha, Wis., and Kenneth R. Fansler, Florissant; a stepson Jesse Nagle, Kansas City, KS; a stepdaughter Mrs. Leroy Felkner, Kansas City; a brother Carl Fenner, Kendricktown; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

She was a member of Temple Baptist Church, past noble grand of Stephenson Rebekah Lodge No. 51, past chief matriarch of Zinc L.E.A. No. 20, Webb City, past president of L.A.P.M. Lincoln Canton No. 17, past chief of Pythian Sisters, Mercedes Temple No. 63, past Oracle of Royal Neighbors Club, and present recorder of that club.

Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Ulmer Funeral Home. The Rev. Sam Etcheson will officiate and burial will be in Park Cemetery.

—Carthage Press (Carthage, MO), 13 Sept. 1976, p. 2

Children of Clara and Alfred:

  1. Albert Newton Fansler [b 5 Jan. 1924 at Carthage, Jasper, MO; d 9 Jan. 1972 at Carthage, Jasper, MO] m 1st Margaret Maurene Ogle [b 9 Mar. 1926 at Jasper Co., MO; d 15 Apr. 2007 at Jay, Delaware, OK] on 11 Apr. 1946. He m 2nd Artist Jean Delane Ward [b 8 Dec. 1930 at El Dorado Springs, Cedar, MO; d 26 May 1989 at Mount Vernon, Lawrence, MO] on 6 Sept. 1947. He m 3rd (?) 12 Dec. 1966. He m 4th Dorothy Wright on 31 Dec. 1971 at Mt. Vernon.

  2. Dwight L. Fansler [b 25 July 1925 at Carthage, Jasper, MO; d 11 Mar. 2004 at Kenosha, WI] m [unknown] on 28 June 1953.

  3. Kenneth Raymond Fansler [b 3 May 1928 at Carthage, Jasper, MO; d 2 Aug. 2006 at St. Louis, MO] m Erma McKinzie.

Lineage:
Arthur | Arthur | Edward | John | Benjamin | Elijah | Edward | Clara

Sources:
1. Email from Richard Arthur Fenner, 12 May 2020.
2. Clara’s memorial at FindaGrave.com, no. 82724659
3. “Mrs. Clara F. Nagle Dies Here at Age 74,” Carthage Press (Carthage, MO), 13 Sept. 1976, p. 2.