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Name: CLARIBEL ALBRIGHT MCCLAIN
Death Date: MAR/8/1999 Interment Date: MAR/12/1999 Birth Date: AUG/12/1912
Age at Death: 87 Cause of Death:
Location at Death:  Saint Joseph, Missouri
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Sex: F Nativity: AMERICAN Ethnicity: CAUCASIAN
Occupation:CHEMIST AT QUAKER OATS
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Child of: James Robert Albright & Madeline Melissa Chase
Spouse of: Finis McClain
Mother of: George McClain, Melissa McClain-Weggman
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Brief Biography: OBITUARY: Birth: Aug. 12, 1912 Saint Joseph Buchanan County Missouri, USA Death: Mar. 8, 1999 Saint Joseph Buchanan County Missouri, USA Claribel (Albright) McClain, 86, St. Joseph, died Monday, March 8, 1999, at a St. Joseph hospital after a lengthy illness. Mrs. McClain was a chemist in the lab of Quaker Oats for 14 years. She also was a chemistry teacher in Port Whittier, Alaska, when Alaska was admitted as a state. Born in St. Joseph on Aug. 12, 1912, she spent most of her life in St. Joseph. She was a graduate of Central High School; and earned a bachelor of science degree in home economics from Iowa State University in Ames; and a master's degree in chemistry from the University of Chicago in Chicago. Mrs. McClain was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and attended Francis Street First United Methodist Church. She also was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and had 10 ancestors in the Revolutionary War and authored two family books chronicling the Albright families. On May 19, 1948, she married Finis McClain in St. Joseph. He survives of the home. Mrs. McClain was preceded in death by her parents, James and Madeline Albright; a sister, Sarah Albright; and a brother, Bill C. Albright. Additional survivors: a daughter, M. Melissa McClain-Wegmann, St. Louis; a son, George W., St. Joseph; and six grandchildren. Services: Friday, Meierhoffer Family Funeral Care, St. Joseph, Mo. Burial: Mount Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo. Source: St. Joseph MO News-Press, Wednesday, March 10, 1999, Page B4.
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Vault Type: #30 CONT Burial Number:  
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Other Relatives in Plot: Sarah Madeline Albright, Madeline Melissa Chase Albright, James Robert Albright, Finis McClain,George McClain, Melissa McClain, George Washington Chase, Melissa G Chase
Lot Owner: GEORGE WCHASE
Lot Location: 2
Block Location: 4
Section/Range Location: A
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Funeral Home: MEIER
Funeral Home City/State: St.Joseph, Missouri
Cost of Interment: 425.00 Date Paid:
 
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Claribel Albright McClain
Courtesy Of:Melissa Wegmann
 
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