Clara Jane Schafnit ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

Injured Pedestrian Sues City

The city of Muscatine was sued again in Muscatine district court today by a pedestrian seeking redress for accidental fall injuries and disability. Clara Schafnit, the plaintiff, asks judgment of and for costs. Her petition states she fell on the walk and entrance to the city parking lot in the 100 block of West Third street about am Feb. 20. She claims the walkway was rough from snow and ice. The fall, it is claimed, broke her left leg and injured her right arm. She cites expenses for medical and hospital care, loss of work as a registered nurse, and the necessity to place her mother in a hospital because she was unable to care for her while she also was a patient.

(Source: Muscatine Journal, 16 May 1963)
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This morning police were called to investigate a car-truck accident at Mulberry Ave. 150 feet north of E. 4th St. The police report says a 1965 Ford driven by Clara Jane Schafnit, 72, of 606 E. 11th Sts was pulling away from the curb heading north when an unidentified third vehicle forced the Schafnit auto into a parked 1968 Chevrolet truck operated by Ronald Russell Horton, 28, of 312 W. 8th St. The third auto was headed south on Mulberry according to police.

(Source: Muscatine Daily Journal, 04 Sep 1970)
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  Burial Notes:

Find A Grave Memorial #124008488

  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1900 US Census, 26 June 1900, Moscow Township, Muscatine, Iowa, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 102, Household 145
Moscow Township, Muscatine County, Iowa
Farm owned, with mortgage
Clara Shafnit..Daughter..Jul 1898..1..IA

(Living with parents.)

2. 1910 US Census, April 1910, Goshen Township, Muscatine, Iowa, United States. ³ 1910 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 103, Household 8
Goshen Township, Muscatine County, Iowa
Clara Schafnit..Daughter..11..IA

(Living with parents.)

3. 1920 US Census, January 1920, Goshen Township, Muscatine, Iowa, United States. ⁴ 1920 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 114, Household 154
Goshen Township, Muscatine County, Iowa
Clara J. Schafint..Daughter..21..IA

(Living with parents.)

4. 1940 US Census, 22 April 1940, Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa, United States. ⁵ 1940 US Census
Sheet 13A, District 70-16A, Family 310, Roll 1186
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
606 East 11th Street; home owned, $2300
Last Place of Residence: Atalissa, Muscatine County, Iowa
Clara J. Schafnit..Daughter..41..Iowa..10th grade..Private Duty Nurse..earned $1080 in 1939

(Living with widowed mother.)

5. Obituary: Muscatine Journal, 20 December 1977, Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa, United States. ⁷ Clara Jane Schafnit, 79, 606 E. 11th St. died this morning at the Muscatine General Hospital following a short illness. Services will be held at 1 PM Friday at the Geo. M. Wittich Funeral Home. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon on Thursday at the funeral home.

Clara Schafnit was born July 4, 1898 in Muscatine, the daughter of Fred and Varena Crees Schafnit. She was a life resident of Muscatine. A member of the First United Presbyterian Church, she belonged to the Rose Croix Shrine and the Electa Chapter Order of the Eastern Star. In 1926 she graduated from the Benjamin Hershey School on Nursing. She retired in 1970.

She is survived by one sister, Mrs. George (Gladys B.) Morrison, Atalissa. Preceding her in death were her parents and one brother.

Source: Muscatine Journal, 20 Dec 1977)
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