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Obituaries

Monday, October 1, 2018
Claude Hemsworth
Monday, October 1, 2018
Claude Hemsworth
Claude Hemsworth, 80, of Pine River, Minn., died Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004, at his home.
The funeral service will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23 at Kline Funeral Home in Pine River. Friends may call one hour prior to the service.
Mr. Hemsworth was born March 3, 1924, in Minneapolis, Minn., the son of Claude and Clara Palmer Hemsworth. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, a member of the American Legion Post 613 in Pine River, the Pine River Lions Club and the Masonic Lodge in International Falls. He worked at 3M in St. Paul until his retirement.
Survivors include his wife, Georgene; a son, Terry and his wife Xenia Hemsworth of Mt. Pleasant; two daughters, Annette and her husband Cory Hendrickson of St. Paul, and Georgette Gerry of Mesa, Ariz.; two brothers, Howard Hemsworth of Pine River and John Hemsworth of Minneapolis; a sister, Eleanor Sather of Peoria, Ariz.; sisters-in-law, Marie Tjaden of Apache Junction, Ariz., and Catherine Dimmick of Freeport, Ill.; and eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Arthur, Donald and Jerry Hemsworth; and three sisters, Ollie, Edith and Lois.