Clara Marie SOINE

1915 - 2012  (97 years)

• Name	Clara Marie SOINE
  Birth	29 Mar 1915	Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Death	14 Nov 2012	Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington
  Burial	Fir-Conway Lutheran Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington
  Notes	Clara Marie Soine Knudson, age 97 years, of Mount Vernon passed away November 14, 2012 at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mt. Vernon. She was born in Maynard, Minnesota March 29, 1915 to Christopher and Marie Peterson Soine, the 10th of 13 siblings, who moved to Rolette, North Dakota in 1916. She moved with her family to Mount Vernon in 1928 and attended Harmony Elementary School and graduated from Mt. Vernon High School in 1933. She was confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Mt. Vernon in 1929. After graduation she attended business school, before working as a caretaker in Seattle. On January 27, 1940 she was united in marriage to Leonard A. Knudson and they settled at the Knudson family home on the Britt Slough Road in Mt. Vernon, where they raised their three children. Clara had many jobs to support her family including raising chickens and selling eggs, candling eggs, working at the cannery, and was a rural carrier for the United States Postal Service for 19 years. She also found time to be an active participant in the Sons of Norway, an officer in the local and state PTA, was involved in politics and she loved sewing, baking bread and lefse and taking care of her family. She and Leonard loved to dance. For years, she was an avid bowler, acquiring many bowling trophies. In the early 1960s, she and Leonard, with a little help from their family, built their own home on Young Road, where they lived until his death in 2007. Clara was an active member of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mount Vernon, being the longest participating member of the Altar Guild in its history. She and Leonard enjoyed visiting friends and relatives and traveling, especially to Oregon, Maryland, Mexico, Scandinavia, Japan, Australia and England. Clara spent her last years at the Bridge Assisted Living in Mt. Vernon, where she appreciated the care and warmth of the staff. Survivors are her daughter Sharon and husband Larry Wahl of North Potomac, MD and their children, Allison (Matthew) Malloy and their daughters Calista Marie and Baby Malloy (due in March) of Bethesda, MD and Christopher (fiancée Anna Rosol) of Montreal, Canada; son Wayne and his wife Gretta of Mt. Vernon and their step-daughters Renee (David Willis) and Nicole (Steve Clark) Bouvion; daughter-in-law Sandi and sons Brent (Davina) Knudson and children Jack and Maggie of Sammamish, WA and Kini (Erika) Knudson and children Karson, Haydon, and Evan Rose of Phoenix, AZ; sister, Margaret Gedmin, Vancouver, WA; sister-in-law Ingrid Soine, Everett and niece Sondra (Gary) Davis, Sedro Woolley. Additional survivors include numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and friends, who will all miss her strong will, wisdom, and warm sense of humor. Clara was preceded in death by her parents, Christopher and Marie Soine, her son Leonard Allen (Lennie), her beloved husband Leonard of 67 years, 4 sisters: Helen, Oline, Selma, Christine and 7 brothers: Clarence, Harold, Clayton, Albert, Theodore, Robert, and Oliver Soine. Public graveside services and burial will be held at the Fir-Conway Lutheran Cemetery near Milltown at 2:00PM on Sunday, November 25, 2012, with public memorial services following at 3:00 PM at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2015 E. Blackburn Rd., Mount Vernon with Pastor Amanda Zentz officiating. A reception will follow at the church. Memorials may be made to the First Evangelical Lutheran Church.
  Person ID	I4942	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2015

  
  

  Father	Christopher (Christ) Syversen SOINE,   b. 11 Apr 1868, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota d. 7 Feb 1937, Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Marie Antoinette PETERSEN,   b. 25 Jan 1886, Seinthrop, Chippewa County, Minnesota d. 19 Nov 1960 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1 Jun 1910	Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F3801	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leonard Adolph KNUDSON,   b. 8 Jul 1913, Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington d. 15 Feb 2007, Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	27 Jan 1940	Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington
  Family ID	F3806	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2007