Klein, Lawrence Peter 1906-1993

SCHMITZ, KLEIN, GASS, BRUSTKERN, REITER, DRISCOLL, MISHAK, OHARA, ELDER, MAYER, HOLZSCHUH

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 11/12/2009 at 15:38:41

Lawrence Peter Klein, son of John and Kathryn Schmitz Klein, was born on March 7, 1906 in Eagle Township, Blackhawk County, Iowa. He died of natural causes on Monday, March 29, 1993 at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. He was 87.

Lawrence married Romelda Gass on Aug. 21, 1937, in Waterloo, Iowa. He was employed with Deere and Co. in Waterloo and Dubuque as an internal grinder, retiring from Dubuque in 1969.

He is preceded in death by a grandson; three sisters, Elizabeth Brustkern, Angie Reiter and Molly Driscoll; two brothers, William and Joe Klein; four stepsisters, Kathryn Wingert, Mary Phillips, Pearl Reiter and Ceal Nemmers; a stepbrother, Joe Schmitz, and a half sister, Evelyn Mishak.

Survivors include two sons, Leo O'Hara of Postville and Michael Klein of Palatine, Ill.; a daughter, Kathryn Elder of Waterloo; 15 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren; a sister, Marie Mayer of Waterloo; a stepsister, Emma O'Connor of Long Beach, Calif.; a half-sister, Mathilda Holzschuh of Greene; a stepbrother, Peter Schmitz of Palm Desert, Calif.' and a half brother, Eugene Klein of Gilbertville.

Services were held Thursday, April 1 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Waterloo, with burial in the Mount Olivet cemetery. Memorials may be given to St. Mary's Catholic Church.

Postville Herald-Leader newspaper clipping from my mother's obituary collection.
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