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Clara E Brinkman

December 11, 1916 — February 29, 2020

Clara E. (Bollenbacher) Brinkman, age 103, of Celina, Ohio, passed away at 4:37 pm on February 29, 2020 at The Miller House in Celina. She was born December 11, 1916 to the late Amos Benjamin and Rosa Viola (Trisel) Bollenbacher. On December 4, 1939 she married Lowell E. “Ted” Brinkman and he preceded her in death in October of 2003.

Survivors include three children, Eldon (April) Brinkman, North Carolina, Judith Ann Miller, Washington State, and Virginia (Eddie) Martin, Springport, Indiana; six grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren.

Also preceded in death by two brothers, Harry and Roland Bollenbacher; two sisters, Bernice Fahncke and Martha Deitsch; son-in-law, Greg Miller; daughter-in-law, Judy Brinkman and a grandchild.

Clara retired from J.C. Penny in Celina after many years of service. She was a member of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, Rockford, Ohio. Clara enjoyed gardening, canning, sewing clothes, fishing and traveling with her late husband.

Funeral services will begin at 12:00 pm on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at Cisco Funeral Home in Celina with Rev. Katherine Beckett officiating; where the family will receive friends from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm prior to the service at the funeral home.

Burial will follow at the St. Paul’s United Church of Christ Cemetery in Rockford.

Contributions can be made to the church memorial fund.

Please leave a condolence to the family @ www.ciscofuneralhome.com

Funeral services have been entrusted to Cisco Funeral Homes, Celina & St. Marys.
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Celina, OH 45822

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