ClaudDean Magstadt

ClaudDean went to be with the Lord on 4/12/2025. She passed away peacefully at her daughter Dana’s home in Riverside, CA with her family by her side at the age of 85. ClaudDean had just learned one month prior that she had cancer, and it was non-operable. She was a devoted and loving wife, daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

Born in Hughes County, Oklahoma just south of Spaulding. As a child she moved with her family to Orange, California. However, they returned to the Lamar area toward the end of her elementary school years, and she grew up helping farm with her family. As an adult ClaudDean moved to California where her two older sisters Ruth and Hazel were already living, met her husband Jerry, and started a family. In the late 70’s they moved to Wetumka, OK after buying the Carroll’s Feed Store from her cousin, James Carroll. While in Wetumka the family enjoyed being part of a small town, going to high school sports events, rodeos, parades, and the Dairy Queen. A few years later they sold the feed store and moved to Riverside, CA, where they enjoyed raising their children and getting to be part of their grandchildren’s lives. ClaudDean enjoyed the beauty of nature, taking-a-drive, picnicking, gardening, and vacations to Oklahoma to spend time with family. ClaudDean loved her family with a passion and was always there to support them in every way. She was an amazing gracious woman, who put others’ needs before her own.

She was preceded in death by her father, Clarence W. Morris; mother, Marie Morris (Mahair); sister, Hazel Fletcher (Morris); husband, Jerry Magstadt; and granddaughter, Jennifer Steele (Magstadt). Surviving her are sister, Ruth Capps (Morris); brother, Tom Morris; son, Gary Magstadt; daughter, Dana Smith (Magstadt); stepson, Jeff Magstadt; 9 grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren.

The memorial services celebrating ClaudDean’s life will be held on 5/15/2025 at 10:00 a.m. at The Grove Community Church in Riverside, CA.