Clarence H. Wiesedeppe, 87, of Sabetha, KS, formerly of Seneca, died Thursday, February 14, 2002, at the Sabetha Community Hospital.

He was born October 2, 1914, on the family homestead farm north of Seneca, the son of Herman and Emma Hecht Wiesedeppe. He grew up on the family farm and attended Rogers School. When his father died when Clarence was 14 years old, Clarence quit school to do the farming. On October 4, 1934, he married Vera L. Moore in Hiawatha. They farmed together.

Clarence was the first one in Seneca to have a round baler and one of the first farmers to use a tractor instead of horses. They operated a large dairy besides raising hogs, cattle, and crops. They lived on the Wiesedeppe homestead north of Seneca and moved to Kansas City when the farm was sold. In 1939 they returned to farm northeast of Seneca and in 1943 moved to their present farm north of Seneca. They celebrated their 50th and 60th wedding anniversaries. In April of 1999 they moved to the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. His wife Vera preceded him in death on May 8, 2000.

He was a member of the Frieden’s United Church of Christ near Bern and the Nemaha County Co-Op in Seneca.

Survivors are a daughter, Carol Hughes of Seneca; a brother, Albertus “Bud” Wiesedeppe of Leavenworth, KS; a sister, Lucille Edwards of Kansas City, MO; two grandsons; a great-grandchild and three step-great-grandchildren.

The funeral service will be 2 PM Monday at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca. Burial will be in the Seneca City Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 6 to 8 PM Sunday at the the funeral home.

Memorials may be given for the Frieden’s United Church of Christ or the Apostolic Christian Home at Sabetha, and sent in care of the family.