Sara D. Klaassen
Married Name:
Sara D. Hiebert Bell
Born: January 20, 1908
Place: Hillsboro, Kansas
Died: December 18, 1991
Place: Marion, Kansas
Buried: Marion Cemetery, Marion, Kansas
MOTHER:
Aganetha Duerksen
FATHER:
Dietrich A. Klaassen
SIBLINGS:
Aganetha D. Klaassen
Helena D. Klaassen
Isaac D. Klaassen
Anna D. Klaassen
Maria D. Klaassen
Louisa D. Klaassen
Tina D. Klaassen
Benjamin D. Klaassen
Eva D. Klaassen
Susanna D. Klaassen
David D. Klaassen
Herman D. Klaassen
Dietrich D. Klaassen
Arnold D. Klaassen
Sara, Herman, Dave and Cousin Sam Goossen
Front Row: Brothers Arnold and Dick
SPOUSE:
Lyndon L. Hiebert (9/2/1906 - 10/29/1935)
Married: June 15, 1926
Place: Mennonite Brethren Church, Hillsboro, Kansas
CHILDREN:
Clyde June Hiebert (born: 12/26/1929)
Ethel Joan Hiebert (born: 11/29/1933)
Widowed: October 29, 1935
SPOUSE:
Arthur T. Bell (2/1/1902 - 11/22/1977)
Married: June 2, 1940
Place: Hillsboro, Kansas
STEP-CHILDREN:
Ada Bell (Unknown - Unknown)
John Bell (Unknown - Unknown)
Widowed: November 22, 1977
BIOGRAPHY
Sara was born on January 20, 1908 in Hillsboro, Kansas to Dietrich and Aganetha (Duerksen) Klaassen. Sara was the 11th of 15 children. Here she's shown with her younger brother and two of her older sisters.
Sara, Susie, David and Eva
NEWSPAPER OBITUARY: Sara D. Bell, 83 died December 18, 1991, at the Marion Manor Nursing Home, Marion.
She was born January 20, 1908, at Hillsboro, the daughter of Dietrich and Aganetha (Duerksen) Klaassen. A longtime Marion resident, she was a homemaker.
She was a member of the Marion Christian Church, Marion.
On June 15, 1926, she married Lyndon Hiebert, at Hillsboro. He died October 29, 1935 in a car accident. On June 2, 1940, she married Arthur Bell at Hillsboro. He died November 22, 1977 after having been in failing health for several months.
Survivors include: a son, Clyde Hiebert, El Dorado; a daughter, Ethel Lackey, Seneca; two step-daughters, Ada Frances Beisel, Pueblo, Colorado, and Joan Klenke, Fort Dodge; a brother, Herman Klaassen, Hillsboro; two sisters, Eva Brandt, Wichita, and Susie Winter, Hillsboro; seven grandchildren; 11 step-grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and 23 step-great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Marion Christian Church, Marion, with the Rev. David Branson presiding. Friends may call at the Thompson-Harp-Zeiner Funeral Home, Marion. Burial will be in the Marion Cemetery, Marion.
Memorials may be sent to the church or to the American Diabetes Association, both in care of the funeral home.
