CLARA L. DAWSON
After a brief illness, Clara L. Dawson, 75 of Liberty left this Earth on August 3, 2021, to go dance with her beloved husband in Heaven. She was born on October 3, 1945, in Hamilton, Ohio to Charles G. Paxton and Anna Fields Paxton.
Clara grew up attending Alquina United Methodist Church.
On November 2, 1963, she married James F. Dawson in Quakertown; they were able to spend 54 years together before he passed away on March 10, 2017.
Clara was a custodian for Liberty Elementary School; she retired in 2011 after 20 years.
Clara loved listening to Rock n Roll music and going to the casino. She enjoyed playing softball and sitting down to read a good book. Clara most importantly enjoyed spending quality time with her family and her dogs, Carson and Willie and her bird, Pete.
Clara will be greatly missed by her family, including her daughters, Janice (Larry) Crouch, Charlene (Larry) Stacy and Coleena (Chris) Moore; her sons, James (Leana) Dawson and Jason (Carol) Dawson; two sisters, Rozella Bothast and Janeen Paxton; 14 grandchildren, Sherron Wyatt, Casey Dale Cantrell, Whitney Garrett, Bear “Rob” Hendrix, Bradley Hendrix, Jonathan Moore, Joshua Moore, Stephanie Dawson, James D. “Buddy” Dawson Jr., Samantha Abner, Brittany Bentley, Jessica Johnson, Lane Deaton and Jayden Craig Dawson; 26 great grandchildren with two on the way; one great great grandchild.
Along with her parents and husband she was preceded in death by a grandson, Micky Soard.
Visitation for Clara will be held on Friday, August 6, 2021, from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Urban Winkler Liberty Funeral Home 310 N. Main St. Liberty, Indiana 47353. The funeral service will begin at 7 p.m. at the funeral home with Pastor Rob Judd officiating.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made in honor of Clara to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45229; or to Edie Judd who qualified to dance in the 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade in Hawaii. She is raising money to be able to attend this; those can be made at the funeral home.
To sign the online guestbook or to leave the family a personal message visit, www.urbanwinklerfuneralhome.com.