Cover photo for Clara Mae Vancura's Obituary
Clara Mae Vancura Profile Photo

Clara Mae Vancura

d. January 29, 2021

Clara Mae Vancura

Clara Mae Vancura, age 90, of Raytown, Missouri, died Friday, January 29, 2021 of natural causes.

She was born on April 13, 1930, at home on the family farm in Riley County, Kansas, the daughter of Carl Gustaf Adolph Ruthstrom and Amy Marie Burklund.

On June 4, 1950 at the Walsburg Lutheran Church, she was married to Cyril William “Bill” Vancura. He preceded her in death in 2010.

Clara attended Brown Mackie Business College in Salina, where she met the love of her life, husband Bill of Norton. Together they established “Bill’s Plumbing and Heating” from 1956 to 1978 in Manhattan, KS. Clara managed the plumbing company and also worked so, so hard providing room and board for multiple college students attending Kansas State University. They later moved to Tucson, AZ where Bill worked at the University of Arizona and Clara worked at Sears. Bill and Clara retired in 2004 and moved to Mesa, Arizona.

Family was everything to Clara and Bill, sharing special moments giggling with her grandchildren, baking cupcakes, celebrating birthdays and fun filled family reunions.

In addition to her husband Bill, she was preceded in death by her parents; an infant son Keith and her sister Kathleen Swenson. She is survived by her four beloved sons, Stephen and Lydia Vancura of Salado, Texas, Brad and Cheryl of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, Curtis and Boonlai of San Gabriel, California and David and Diane of Lee’s Summit, Missouri.

Clara is survived by sister Marilee of Georgetown, Texas, brother Frank and Joyce of Phoenix, Arizona and grandsons John, Ryan, Jonathan, granddaughter Courtney, and six great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, February 6, 2021 at the Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 10:30 a.m. until service time on Saturday. Burial will be in the Walsburg Cemetery northeast of Leonardville.

Memorials may be made to the Walsburg Lutheran Church and left in care of the Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home.

To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Clara Mae Vancura, please visit our flower store.

Past Services

Visitation

Saturday, February 6, 2021

10:30 - 11:30 am

Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home

303 S Broadway St, Riley, KS 66531

Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text. Standard text messaging rates apply.

Funeral Service

Saturday, February 6, 2021

Starts at 11:30 am

Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home

303 S Broadway St, Riley, KS 66531

Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text. Standard text messaging rates apply.

Interment

Walsburg Lutheran Cemetery

12351 Union Rd, Leonardville, KS 66449

Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text. Standard text messaging rates apply.

Guestbook

Visits: 21

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Send Flowers

Send Flowers

Plant A Tree

Plant A Tree