Clara Louise Frech

Funeral services for Clara Frech will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at the Zion Lutheran Church, Alva. Burial will follow at the Carmen City Cemetery under the direction of Wentworth Mortuary, LLC. She will lie in state at Marshall Funeral Home, Alva. There will be a visitation with family prior to the service at the Zion Lutheran Church at 1:00 p.m. Clara Louise, daughter of the late Albert Frederick and Maryanne Priscilla (Dotterer) Brune, was born June 21, 1938, in Alfalfa County, and passed away peacefully surrounded by family May 22, 2024, at her home northeast of Carmen, at the age of 85 years, 11 months, and one day. Clara grew up in rural Alfalfa County, graduating from Lambert High School in 1956. On August 1, 1956, she was united in marriage to Johnny F. Frech at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Enid. They raised their family of four children in the Carmen area on the farmstead except for a brief period in Houston, Texas. She was baptized and confirmed in the Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Cherokee and later became a member of the Zion Lutheran Church in Alva. Clara was a stay-at-home mom and was always there for her children and all of their many friends. She was an accomplished painter of acrylics and charcoal, she also enjoyed cooking for her family and sewing. After her children were a little older she was a relief mail carrier. Besides her parents, Albert and Priscilla, she was preceded in death by her husband of nearly 65 years, Johnny; her daughter, Shirley Lanning; her brother, Clarence Brune; and her brother-in-law, Darrel Rise. Clara is survived by her daughter, Beth Schoeling and husband, Gary, of Alva; her sons, Paul Frech and wife, Donita, of Bixby, and Chris Frech and wife, Cecilia, of Enid; her sister, Dorothy Rise of Rogers, Arkansas; four grandchildren, Cody Frech and wife, Emily, of Broken Arrow, Cortney Frech of Bixby, Kyle Schoeling of Alva, and Seann Lanning of Hampton, Virginia; two great granddaughters, Sophia Chastain and Allison Frech, both of Broken Arrow; her son-in-law, David Lanning of Edmond; other relatives and friends. Memorial contributions may be made through the mortuary to the Zion Lutheran Church, Humanity Hospice Discretionary Fund, or the Carmen Fire and Rescue. Remembrances may be shared with the family at www.marshallfuneralhomes.com. The family would like to express their thanks and appreciation to her caregivers, Donna Anderson, Marty Crosley, and Laney Neal.

Clara Louise Frech

June 21, 1938 - May 22, 2024