CLARA CITY -- John C. Tebben, 86, of Clara City died Sunday evening at the Granite Falls Hospital as a result of injuries sustained in a car-train accident near Maynard.
The service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Bethany Reformed Church in Clara City. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Wing-Bain Funeral Home in Clara City and for one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with the Wing-Bain Funeral Home of Clara City
He was born Feb. 7, 1922, in Rheiderland Township, Chippewa County, to Conrad and Anna (Fokken) Tebben. He attended country school at Chippewa County District 70 and then began farming with his father.
He married Jennie Poppen on March 15, 1950 in Clara City. They spent 35 years farming east of Clara City. They retired in 1985 and moved to Clara City. He was a lifelong member of the Bethany Reformed Church and served one term as a deacon and two as an elder.
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He is survived by his wife; daughters: Ardis (and Tim) Skoglund of Minnetonka, Betty (and Jerry) Boersma of Eagan, Carin (and Lee) Hagemeyer of Clara City, and Diane (and Paul) Bakker of Willmar; 11 grandchildren; two great grandchildren; and one sister: Gladys Ammermann of Prinsburg.
