Dwayne Claassen
Dwayne Claassen Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information (jostfuneralhome.com)
August 22, 1943 - November 16, 2022
Dwayne was born on August 22, 1943, and in a few days, adopted by his beloved parents, Herbert and Anna Claassen, in Hillsboro.
He grew up on the farm one-and-a-half miles from the Ebenfeld Mennonite Brethren Church and schoolhouse, attending that schoolhouse through the eighth grade. He then went to Hillsboro High School and two years at Tabor College. Literature was his favorite college class.
As a child, one day as he and his dad drove in the garage, he told his dad that he wanted to be saved, so there with his dad he gave his life to Christ. He was baptized at the age of twelve.
Among activities that Dwayne enjoyed were water skiing, working on race car number 87 at 81 Speedway, flying his private airplanes, and driving semi-truck coast to coast. Most recently, in the mornings he enjoyed having coffee with friends at Wendy's. In the afternoons, he loved driving around the country checking fields and crops.
Dwayne married Diane Janzen in 1966. Together they had three children—Larry Royce in 1970, Russell Dwayne in 1972 and Lori Ann in 1975. A joy in his life was seeing Lori marry Robert Quicke who together gave him two grandchildren, Elliot Michael and Sophie Grace, and seeing Russ marry Chandelle Boger who together gave him two grandsons, Samuel Dwayne and Dellen Russell.
A major event in his life was meeting his birth mother when he was fifty years old, and spending time with her monthly during the last seven years of her life.
The prelude today was by one of Dwayne's favorite singers, Jimmy Fortune. Permission to use his album was requested and received. He also seldom missed the Saturday evening Gaither program on TV. The Statler Brothers were also a favorite. He listened to a daily end-times hour on his computer.
He was predeceased by his infant son, Larry Royce, his parents Herb and Anna, a sister-in-law Mary Lou Nickel, and a brother-in-law Roger Janzen.
Dwayne will be missed by his family and friends. The family thanks you for being here today.
Celebration of Life 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 21, 2022 at The Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church in Hillsboro officiated by Pastor Jeremy Matlock. You are invited to have lunch in the fellowship hall immediately after the service. The plan is to leave the church at 1 o'clock for burial at the Ebenfeld Cemetery rural Hillsboro.
Memorials to Hillsboro M.B. Church in care of Jost Funeral Home, P.O. Box 266, Hillsboro, KS 67063.
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