Barbara "Barb" Jean Clarahan, 84, of Montrose, passed away on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at her home in Montrose.
Barb was born on June 7, 1940, in Hayesville, lowa, the daughter of Willard "Pood" and Lora (Wilkening) Utterback. Barb was a graduate of Sigourney High School with the class of 1958. She then furthered her education attending St. Joseph's School of Nursing in Ottumwa, Iowa, graduating in 1961 with honors.
Barb was united in marriage to Pat Clarahan on October 1st, 1961, at the First Methodist Church in Sigourney, lowa. Barb and Pat lived in Mt. Pleasant from 1964 until their move to Burlington in 1966. Their family later moved to Montrose in 1977.
Barb worked as a Registered Nurse at the Keokuk County Hospital in Sigourney, lowa, for a year and a half, the Mental Health Institute in Mt. Pleasant, lowa for one year, Burlington Memorial Hospital for ten years, and finished her nursing career Keokuk Area Hospital, where she worked for twenty years until her retirement in

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