| Visitation:  
							2:00-5:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 15, 2019, at 
							Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Mount Pulaski Service:  
							10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 16, 2019, at The 
							First United Methodist Church in Mount Pulaski 
							Funeral home:
							Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Mount Pulaski 
							Obituary  
							 
							Claus Lowell Tanner, 82, passed away 
							at 3:25 p.m. on September 9, 2019, at Decatur 
							Memorial Hospital.
 Claus was born on December 10, 1936, in McCall, son 
							of Lowell Edgar and Marguerite (Bavery) Tanner. He 
							married Rosalie Cadwell on June 14, 1959, in 
							Carthage. She survives him.
 
 Also surviving are his children: Suzanne (Robert) 
							Behle of Morton, Michael Claus Tanner of 
							Bloomington, Marilyn (Darin) Blasiar of 
							Chesterfield, MO, and Celeste (Thomas) Reynolds of 
							Sandwich, MA; one brother: David (Hilda) Tanner of 
							Petersburg; one sister: Nancy Atto of Galesburg; six 
							grandchildren: Max Behle, Hannah Behle, Aurelia 
							Reynolds, Juliana Reynolds, Adam Blasiar, and Andrew 
							Blasiar; one great grandchild: Nicholas Behle.
 
 
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							Claus was a music educator at Mount 
							Pulaski School District for 36 years and was the 
							Choir Director at the First United Methodist Church 
							in Mount Pulaski for many years.
 Services for Claus will be held at 10:00 a.m. on 
							Monday, September 16, 2019, at The First United 
							Methodist Church in Mount Pulaski with Pastor David 
							Hutton officiating. Visitation will take place from 
							2:00-5:00pm on Sunday, September 15, 2019, at 
							Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Mount Pulaski. 
							Burial will follow the services at Mount Pulaski 
							Cemetery, Mount Pulaski.
 
 Memorial donations may be made in Claus’ name to The 
							First United Methodist Church in Mount Pulaski or to 
							the family which will later be applied to a music 
							memorial scholarship at Mount Pulaski High School.
 
            
            				
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