ClaraBell Zoellner

FRIEDHEIM, Mo. -- Stella ClaraBell Zoellner, 82, of Friedheim passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born March 8, 1934, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Herbert Fred and Stella Matilda Klaus Lohman.

ClaraBell married Melvin Floyd Zoellner on July 3, 1954, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim.

They had been married over 38 years when he preceded her in death Aug. 3, 1993.

She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in April 1949.

She attended the Goshen School near Oak Ridge.

ClaraBell worked at the former International Shoe Company in Jackson and Coca-Cola Bottling of Jackson and retired from Gilster-Mary Lee in Perryville, Missouri, in 1999.

Loving survivors include three children, Randy (Mary) Zoellner, Doug (Sharon) Zoellner and Joyce (Tony) Siemer, all of Friedheim; a brother, Robert (Wilma) Lohman of Chester, Illinois; a sister-in-law, Valerie (the late Norman) Tuschhoff of Jackson; seven grandchildren, Joseph (Wendy) Zoellner, Brandy and Josh Wibbenmeyer, Crystal and Dakota Zoellner, Ethan (Morgan) Siemer and Kaleb Siemer; and four great-grandchildren, Nick Crosier, Zack Ruckel, Stella Wibbenmeyer and Leah Zoellner.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Perr. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson and after 9 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the church, with the Rev. Roger Steinbrueck officiating.

Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

For those desiring to make a memorial donation, the family suggests memorials to be made to Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim.

Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting mccombsfuneralhome.com.