Clarice Eileen Hanks

Clarice Eileen Hanks, 92, of Tipton, passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at Cedar Manor Nursing Home. Visitation will be held at Fry Funeral Home in Tipton, Thursday, November 3rd from 4:00-7:00 pm. Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 4th at 10:30 am, also at Fry's, Interment to follow at Tipton Masonic Cemetery. Memorials in Clarice's honor may be directed to Cedar Manor Expansion Fund, Stanwood Union Church or Trinity Lutheran Church, Tipton. Online condolences may be shared at www.fryfuneralhome.com. Clarice was born in St. Ansgar, Iowa on November 12, 1923 to Frank and Ruth (Gulliver) Peterman. She attended and graduated from Tipton High School with the class of 1942 and then attended Tipton (Jr) College. Clarice married the late Russell Schwitzer in 1945 and later divorced. She married Wilbert Brender in 1987 and Charles Hanks in 1998, both of whom have passed away. Clarice was blessed with five children: Ron, Karen, Linda, Joleen and Dennis. Clarice worked at her brother Don's restaurant in Stanwood for many years. She then worked at Proctor and Gamble, where she was the first female forklift driver, until her retirement in 1987. Clarice loved to bake, read, sew, crochet and work in the yard. She was a member of Stanwood Union Church. Surviving Clarice are her children, Ronald (Kathy) Schwitzer of New Port Richey, FL, Karen Curran of Bensonville, IL, Linda (Duane) Bachus of Durant, Joleen (Leon) Carpenter of Tipton; 10 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren; step children, Carol Lamp, Linda (Greg) Pritchard, Susan (Babe) Brender, Joyce (Ted) Vesley and Richard (Lois) Brender and step grandchildren and step great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, infant son Dennis, brothers Donald, Dale and Jeff Peterman; sister Dolly Tullis.