Clara Belle Haworth, age 94, died January 11, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born near Arlington, October 1, 1912, to S.P. and Emma Dillard Burling. She attended High Point one-room country grade school, Arlington High School and Emporia Teachers College.

On June 6, 1937, Clara Belle married Millard Haworth, and they started farming in the Arlington area. He died August 21, 1947. For several years, Clara Belle worked at the Citizens State Bank, in Arlington. On January 28, 1951, she married Howard Haworth, brother of her first husband and returned to the farm where they farmed together for 44 years, until his death May 5, 1995.

Clara Belle loved the role of farm wife and homemaker. She gardened and canned and checked cows, took meals to the field and drove a grain truck on occasion. She also made time to sew nearly all her daughter's clothes. Clothing made with love and worn with pride. In retirement Clara Belle much enjoyed hearing the news from friends still working the land. She was truly a "farmer's wife" in her heart.

Clara Belle also had a special interest in saving family heirlooms and history. She left a priceless bit of personal history, having kept a continuous diary for over 65 years.

Clara Belle was a lifelong member of the Arlington Methodist Church and was active in the Women's Society in earlier years.

She was preceded in death by all of her siblings, brothers, Walter and Robert Burling and sisters Emma Stickley, Mattie Nichols and Tiny Albrecht.

Survivors include: a daughter, Judy Locke (Lewis), Ellensburg, Washington, grandsons, Patrick Locke (Lisa), Bethesda, Maryland, and Alan Locke (Mary) Seattle, Washington, and four great-grandchildren, Jeremy and Stuart, and Ellen and Brian.

Further survivors include nephews and nieces, Carl and Karen Stickley, Hutchinson, her Stalwart in times of need, and Jane and Clark Goodwin, Alberta, Canada, Louise and Carley Phillips, Sunset Valley, Texas, and a beloved friend, Delores Wagler of Partridge.

Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Elliott Mortuary Chapel, with the Rev. Richard Zimmerman presiding with burial in the Arlington Cemetery. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Elliott Mortuary.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Arlington United Methodist Church, South Hutchinson United Methodist Church, Mennonite Manor, or Hospice House, all in care of Elliott Mortuary.