KLINK, Cornelius John 1894-1971

KLINK, QUASH, WILLERT

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 11/19/2010 at 21:38:01

ROCKFORD, IOWA - Cornelius John Klink, 78, retired farmer, died Monday at a Charles City hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Zion Lutheran Church.

Mr. Klink was born August 14, 1894, in Holland, the son of Paul and Anna (Quash) Klink. He married Martha Willert, on December 3, 1931, in Albert Lea, Minnesota.

He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church and the American Legion.

He is survived by his wife; three sisters: Helen Thompson, Des Moines, Nellie Stephenson, California, and Mima, Webster City; five brothers: John, of Farrar, Paul, of Maxwell, Jake, of Hampton, Joe, of Nora Springs, and Leonard, of Marble Rock; two step-children, Earl Willert and Clara Wilkins, of Rockford.

The Rev. William Granger, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery, Rockford, with the Wilcox Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, July 13, 1971, pg. 14]