Elaine Marie Husmann, age 89 of Clarence, passed away on Thursday August 16, 2018 at the Clarence Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held on Monday August 20, 2018 at 11:00 A.M at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lowden with Reverend Daniel Redhage officiating. Burial will follow at Antioch Cemetery in Anamosa. Visitation will be held on Sunday August 19 from 3-6 P.M at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence. Elaine was born on April 22, 1929 to Edgar and Gladys (Clark) Lyon in Linn County, Iowa. She married Ernest Husmann on April 9, 1950 in Wyoming, Iowa. He died in 1997. Elaine was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Lowden. She taught Sunday School for 29 years, enjoyed attending Pathways Adult Daycare in Iowa City, riding her River Bend Transit bus, and puzzles. She also loved her cat Rascal, circle-a-word, and her grandchildren. She is survived by her daughter, Eloise (Mike) Lynch of Olathe, KS; four sons, Edward (Patricia) of Independence, Ernest Jr. (Cheryl) of Berea, KY, Everett of Clarence, and Eric of Anamosa; 11 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; sisters, Doris Tenley of Stanwood and Pat (George) Zirkelbach of Olin; and brother, Darwin (Darlene) Lyon of Maquoketa. Elaine was preceded in death by her parents; husband; three brothers; two sisters; and granddaughter, Jennifer Husmann.