Remembering Clara Pauline Bracht

Clara Pauline Bracht, 96, a beloved mother and grandmother, passed away on Dec. 11, 2022, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born on Aug. 21, 1926, to George M. and Cecil Eleanor (Warren) Pettit in Puxico, Missouri. Pauline grew up on a farm and in 1945 graduated from Puxico High School, where she was valedictorian. Eager to expand her horizons from rural life, she headed to Berea College in Kentucky, where she graduated in 1950. After college she went to live with an aunt and uncle in New Castle, Indiana, before finding work at the Department of Public Welfare in Elkhart, Indiana, as a welfare visitor. At a square dance she met the love of her life, Ralph William Bracht. They were wed on Christmas Day in 1951. They made their first home in Raleigh, North Carolina, where Ralph was a public schoolteacher. The couple later returned to Indiana and finally settled in Fort Wayne, Ralph’s hometown. There they raised their family and enjoyed gardening in the backyard of their first and only house. Many happy camping trips were spent at state parks in Michigan and Indiana.

A celebration of life memorial service will be at 11 a.m., December 26, at New Prairie Church, 21436 Keck Rd., Siloam Springs, Arkansas.

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