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Me pitcher takerClowns pay their respect. Visitors to thewake and funeral of Hudson resident RobertAhrens (March 17, 2003) may have beensurprised when they stopped to pay their respectsat the side of his open casket. At his request, hewas buried wearing his clown costume andmakeup. His character, Kurlie the Clown, was apart of his life for 40 years. As co-founder of theShriners Clown Club, he was honored by fellowpast presidents who served as casketbearers at theservice. In the front row, from left, are AlFellerman “Alzie,” Dave Williams “Pinkie,” BobHoffman “Woodie,” John Zima “Huggie’ and,not visible, Ron Harmon “Harmonie”; back,Dick Ruckmar “Ruckie; Don Danielson“Wallie,” Bob Boesen “Bozie” and Chuck Strain“Chuckie.” Ahrens had in the past served as aclown casketbearer for another club member, AJAnderson. A photo from that funeral ended upon the front page of the Pioneer Press and laterin the movie “Larger than Life” starring BillMurray.The photo in last month’s Osman of the old fez with “Me pitchure taker” on itstirred up some more memories. Al Fellerman brought in this clipping fromanother funeral, for Robert Ahrens in 2003.JANUARY BIRTHDAYS:Jon Adams • Bert Alexander Jr. • Peter Anagnos M.D. •Alfred Anderson MD • Alan Beeler • Dennis Boom • ChristopherBoyce • John Brewer • Paul Bridenstine • Jack Brown • Martin Capp •Dale Carmichael • Shawn Carrick • Elliot Christensen • Ronald Clarstrom •Nick Dacloush • Paul Demuth • Michael Denke • Milton Dennis • CharltonDietz • Randy Dohrn • Thomas Eineke • Michael Featherston • AlfredFellerman • Lawrence Furman • Steven Genz • Chester Gordon • LarryGustafson • Robert Hansen • Ronald Harmon • Lamoine Hatton • RobertHawkinson • Donald Heggedahl • Todd Henderson • E William Henry • SteveHinck • Gary Hoven • Raymond Jewison • Allen Johnson • Eric Jokinen • JamesJudisch • Louis Kaplan • Jerome Kellogg • Warren Kemp • David Allen Koenig •Ronald Larson • Brian Lauber • Sven Lindquist • Charles Linnell • WayneLongwell • Russell Loomis Jr. • Fahy Lowrie • William Mackey • John Maddox •John Milne • James Moody • Kay Moss • Daniel Mueller • Ronald Nelson •Rudolph Nelson • Warren Nelson • Patrick Olawsky • Marshall Oreck • PaulPaulos • Gregory Pepin • Frank Peterson • Robert Andrew Pieper • AllenPorter • Glenn Prehn • Kenneth Reinhardt • Casey Saunders • RichardSchubbe • Scott Spaeth • Stuart Steinman • Brad Stout • John Streit •Johnnie Timm • George Toby • Robert Tracy • Dr. James Tuorila •Frank Turchin • Theodore Veilleux • Louis Wagner • RichardCraig Wagner • John Watson • Robert Watson • Andrew Weiss• Marnie Will • Troy WillettGOODnMen’s Suits/Tuxes/Blazers/Sports CoatsBLACK CAMELn Roger H. Busdicker 6/2006CHEERJoe BurnhamDr. Ken GuideraBob HoffmanIf you know or hear of a sick or deceased Noble,please call Doreen at the Shrine office651-452-5660 Email doreen@osmanshrine.orgor send a fax 651-683-0231.J a n u a r y 2 0 1 3 P a g e 2 5