Jan. 15, 1918 – Dec. 21, 2013
Sue Veloris Claasen, 95, of Brownsville, died Dec. 21, 2013.
She was born Jan. 15, 1918 in Chelsea, Okla. to George and Maggie (Palone) Ragsdale. She was the youngest of 11 children.
She married Jacob J. Claasen in Hayward, Calif. and had four children. They operated a mushroom farm before moving to Brownsville. After moving to Oregon, Mrs. Claasen worked at Stokely Van Camp Cannery in Albany for…