Clara E. Raby

Clara E. Raby, 97 of Hinton, IA passed away on Thursday, March 6, 2014 at a Sioux City hospital after short illness. Services will be at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday at Hinton United Methodist Church. Rev. Kolleen Queener will officiate. Visitation will be from 4:00 - 8:00 P.M. Monday with the family present from 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. and a prayer service at 7:00 P.M. Monday all at the Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel, 6200 Morningside Ave. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent to www.meyerbroschapels.com. Clara was born April 1, 1916 in Cedar Rapids, IA; she was the daughter of Charles and Meta Eberhard. Clara was baptized and confirmed in Rock Island, IL before her family moved to Plymouth County. She graduated from Liberty Consolidated High School. Clara married Delbert Raby on September 5, 1933 in Hinton, IA and they have been married for over 80 years. She was a member of Merrill Melbourne United Methodist Church, Hinton Senior Citizens Center and the Hinton Garden Club. She enjoyed cooking and making cherry and apple pies. Clara and Delbert farmed at Moville, Iowa for approximately 10 years and then moved to rural Hinton, Iowa in 1952 and farmed there until retiring in 1977. They then moved to Hinton and resided there until moving to Whispering Creek Retirement Center in Sioux City, Iowa in January of 2014. Clara is survived by her husband: Delbert of Hinton, IA; 4 daughters: Shirley Kooker of Spencer, IA; Donna Lucht and her husband Jim of Hinton, IA. Carol McMillen and her husband Larry of Merrill, IA, Kathy Priborsky and her husband Bob of Littleton, CO; 13 grandchildren and 3 step grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren and 9 step great grandchildren, 12 great great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews Clara was preceded in death by her parents Charles and Meta Eberhard, her brothers Bob Eberhard, Harold Eberhard, Walter Eberhard, Eldon Eberhard, Carl Eberhard, Rudolph Eberhard, Willard Eberhard, and sisters Ruth Wetrosky, Leona Jacks, Lorene Meek, and Evelyn Conjurski; 2 sons in law: Bill Weinrich and Earl Kooker. Pallbearers will be her grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Hospice of Siouxland, The Salvation Army or the Merrill Melbourne United Methodist Church