Claire Eola Lockwood

Claire Eola Lockwood, age 97 of Hastings , died Saturday November 17, 2007 at Woodlawn Meadows. Claire was born March 30, 1910 on the family farm on Brogan in Baltimore Township. She was the daughter of Charles and Altha (Hammond) Hendershot. She attended the Hendershot School on Brogan Rd & South Broadway a 1 room school through the 8th grade and then graduated from Hastings High School in 1937. Claire married Leslie Lockwood August 30, 1937 and was with him as he was stationed at many places in the south during WWII. After high school Claire was a personal secretary for Emil Tyden founder of Viking Corp. She was a home maker who enjoyed sewing, cooking, being outside and tending her roses. She was Overtown 4-H leader for sewing, a member of The Hastings First United Methodist Church and a very active church circle member. She was preceded in death by her husband Leslie Lockwood in 1999, her parents, and a sister, Minnie Schantz. Surviving is her daughter, Mary Alice (Larry) Larkin of Hastings, granddaughter, Katy (David) Millward of Tucson, neices, Laura Berry, Bernadene (Voight) VanSyckle, Nephew, Karl (Colleen) Schantz, many great nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Friday 1 hour prior to services, Funeral services will be held Friday November 23, 2007 at 3:00pm at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings, Rev. Kathy Brown officiating, memorials can be made to the American Red Cross. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net).