Klyn, Ruby A. (Hasselman) 1910-2006

KLYN, HASSELMAN, WOERKOM, COGLEY, MOL, MCCOMBER

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Date: 7/2/2006 at 20:56:38

PELLA -- Ruby A. Klyn, 95, of Pella, formerly of Jasper County, died Saturday, April 22, 2006, at Pella Comfort House in Pella.

A funeral service was today at Garden Chapel Funeral Home in Pella. Memorials will be accepted to Hospice of Pella.

The daughter of August and Alice (Van Woerkom) Hasselman, she was born Nov. 25, 1910, in rural Murphy. She attended Christian Endeavor, Girl's Society and Martha Circle at her church.

On Feb. 12, 1931, she married Harold Garett Klyn of Sully. The family lived in the Sully area, where she worked as a waitress and cook in several area restaurants. She also owned and operated a restaurant in Newton for seven years. After her husband retired in 1970, they moved to Pella.

She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Evelyn Klyn of Peru, Ill.; daughter and son-in-law, Shirley and Larry Cogley of Pella; five grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; and one brother: Francis Hasselman of Oskaloosa.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; two sisters, Agnes Mol and Artie McComber; and two grandsons.

The Newton (IA) Daily News, April 25, 2006