Mrs. EDWIN H. (Ida Clara H. Goeke) KLEPPER 1909-1992

ADAM, GOEKE, KLEPPER, BERG, SCHNUELLE

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 11/12/2009 at 16:59:58

Ida Clara Henrietta (Goeke) Klepper, daughter of Otto and Amelia (Adam) Goeke, was born April 18, 1909 near Postville in Allamakee County, Iowa. She died Sunday, Sept. 6, 1992 at the Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, Wis. She was 83.

She was baptized and confirmed at the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Ludlow Township, and she attended the Ludlow School No. 7. On Oct. 30, 1930, she married Edwin Henry Klepper at the Bethlehem Church Parsonage in rural Postville. They lived with their four children on a farm in Ludlow Township. In 1957, Ida and Edwin built and moved into their present home in Frankville. Ida was a member of the Frankville Community Presbyterian Church.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Edwin, who died Nov. 26, 1988; a brother, Robert Goeke, and two brothers-in-law, Elmer and Eldo Klepper.

Surviving are two sons, Curtiss and his wife Ardis of Frankville, and Harlan of Waterloo; two daughters, Jean and her husband Leo Berg and Karen and her husband Donald Schnuelle of Castalia; 15 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and a sister, Inez Klepper of Decorah.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Sept. 8, 1992 at 2 p.m. at the Frankville Community Presbyterian Church, the Rev. James Elvig officiating. Karla Johnson, Ida's granddaughter, sang a solo, accompanied by Mrs. Marian Laterman. The Schutte Funeral Service of Postville was in charge of arrangements. Burial was in the Frankville cemetery. Casket-bearers were Greg and Darla Schnuelle, Clinton and Marty Berg and Kenneth and Connie Klepper.

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