Clara Marie Westrich

Clara Marie Westrich, daughter of the late Rulen Sam Spies and Reva(Pruitt) Spies was born on September 6, 1937 in Bloomfield, Missouri and departed her life on Friday, November 21, 2025 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 88 years.

She was a homemaker the majority of her life and loved spending time with family and friends. Mrs. Westrich was a member of the St. Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg and a former resident of Chaffee.

Besides being a devoted mother, she joyously went on numerous bus tours with her husband and enjoyed seeing a majority of the country. Her hobbies included going to car shows, attending yard sales every week, cooking, sewing, reading, and tending to her roses. When the kids were older, she spent time volunteering at the Salvation Army and in the lunch room at St. Thomas Moore. She and her husband were also deliverers for Meals on Wheels for several years.

On April 23, 1955 she was united in marriage to Theodore Paul Westrich in Scott City, Missouri. Just this year, they celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. Mr. Westrich survives in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. 

Along with her husband, survivors include three sons, Paul (Kara) Westrich of Jackson, Mark (Debbie) Westrich of Chaffee, and Ron (Debbie) Westrich of St. Charles, Missouri; six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild; two sisters, Virginia Ledford of Jackson, Tennessee and Fimble Enderle of New Hamburg; also, by additional family and friends.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two sons, Rich and Ted Westrich; by three brothers, Paul Spies, Rulen Spies, and Ray Spies; by one sister, Barbara Westrich.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, November 26, 2025 from 9:00 until 10:45 AM at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. Eucharistic Celebration will be held on Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM in the St. Lawarence Catholic Church with Rev. Daniel Belken officiating. Interment will follow in the St. Lawrence Cemetery in New Hamburg, Missouri.