Phil Kluesner, 1957-2013

KLUESNER, HUMKE, GASSMANN, HEISTER, UNGS, SCHMIDT, KOCH, ERRTHUM, TAYLOR

Posted By: cheryl moonen (email)
Date: 2/24/2015 at 09:28:47

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Friday, August 2, 2013

EPWORTH, Iowa - Phil Kluesner, 56, of 11548 Gun Club Road, Epworth, died at 9:03 a.m. Wednesday,
July 31, 2013, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque.

Services for Phil will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Farley, with the Rev. Michael Schueller officiating. Burial will be held at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Farley. Friends and relatives may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today at Reiff Funeral Home in Epworth. The Farley Fire Department will meet in a body at 7 p.m.

Phil was born May 10, 1957, in Dubuque, son of John and Adele (Humke) Kluesner. He was a 1975 graduate of Western Dubuque High School in Epworth. On Aug. 19, 1978, he was united in marriage to Marchelle Gassmann at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Holy Cross.

Phil worked as a John Deere salesman for 38 years. He was a devoted family man and someone you could always count on for a smile and a laugh. Phil enjoyed his Busch Light, especially while watching the Hawkeyes. He will be forever remembered for his boating escapades, especially pulling his nieces and nephews on those tubes. He loved decorating the house and yard with Christmas lights every year, he was our own Clark Griswold. His favorite winter activity was attending his daughter's dance competitions. Many people will remember him for the helping hand he gave and for his love of John Deere tractors. Phil wasn't too sentimental and wouldn't want those who cared for him to waste their time in grief, so in honor of Phil, enjoy life to the fullest and with a smile.

He was a member of St. Joseph's Parish in Farley, and he also was a retired volunteer Farley firemen, having served the community for 20 years.

He is survived by his wife, Marchelle Kluesner, of Epworth; three children, Alisa (friend, Jason) Kluesner, Jonathan (friend, Taylor) Kluesner, and Becky Kluesner, all of Epworth; a grandchild, Lydia; his mother, Adele Kluesner, of Farley; three sisters, Janda (Jim) Heister, of Epworth, Jill (Steve) Ungs, of Cedar Rapids, and Jeanette (Jeff) Schmidt of Farley; brothers- and sisters-in-law, Donna Kluesner, of Farley, Jeanine (Jerry) Koch, of Dyersville, Loras Gassmann, of Olympia, Wash., Marilyn Errthum, of Guttenburg, Karolyn Taylor, of Holy Cross, and Stan (Jane) Gassmann, of Dubuque.

He was preceded in death by his father, John William Kluesner, on Aug. 29, 1970; a brother, Neil J. Kluesner of Sept. 16, 1984; and a niece, Rachel Ungs; his father- and mother-in-law, Cy and Alvina Gassmann; and two brothers-in law, Joe Taylor and Francis Errthum.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.reifffuneralhomeinc.com