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Mildred E. (Clabaugh) Hanhardt Obituary

[Great Bend Tribune, Great Bend, KS, 5/30/2001]

Mildred E. Hanhardt 1910-2001

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Mildred E. Hanhardt, 91, died May 27 at Integrated Health Services of Parkmoor in Colorado Springs. She was born April 18, 1910, in Council Grove, the daughter of Homer and Ethel Gaston Clabaugh. She was a 1931 graduate of La Crosse High School. She married Lester Van Horn July 4, 1931, in La Crosse. He preceded her in death. She married Reuben Hanhardt May 19, 1953, in La Crosse. He died Dec. 26, 1995.

A resident of Colorado Springs, coming from La Crosse, Shaffer, rural Albert and Great Bend, she was a school teacher. Mrs. Hanhardt was a member of the Elks and Order of the Eastern Star, both of Great Bend. She was a 1997 nominee for Kansas Teachers' Hall of Fame.

Survivors include one sister, Estella Frank of Great Bend. She was preceded in death by one brother, Robert N. Clabaugh.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Janousek Funeral Home Chapel in La Crosse. Burial will be at La Crosse City Cemetery. Friends may call from 1-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society or the Kansas National Education Association, both in care of the funeral home.