CLARA FERN RUMMEL

Clara Fern Rummel, 94, of Springfield passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2024. She was born on April 12, 1930, in Eudora, the daughter of Fern Crit and Clara Madge (O’Neal) Hayter.
On June 4, 1954, she married J Wendel Rummel and they shared over 57 years together before his passing in 2011.
She was a longtime Missouri educator teaching home economics in Walnut Grove, Bois D’ Arc, Kirkwood, and the Springfield School district. She retired from Glendale High School.
She is survived by her son, Ted (Mary) Rummel; daughter, Tammie Seiferd; son-in-law, Richard Seiferd; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; her brother, Bill (Pat) Hayter; nieces, nephews, other family and many friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, J Wendel Rummel; grandson, Adrian Seiferd; brother, Bernard Hayter and wife Alluwee; sister, Wilma Boggs and husband Russell; along with her Rummel brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, May 21, at Wilson-Griffin Funeral Home, with burial after at Greene Lawn Cemetery in Walnut Grove.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to Class of 1957-Clara Hayter Rummel Scholarship Fund, Ronald McDonald House, or Council of Churches and may be left or mailed to the funeral home, Wilson-Griffin Funeral Home, PO Box 217, Ash Grove, MO 65604.
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