KLAES, Jack 1901-1953
KLAES, WOLTER
Posted By: County Coordinator (kermit)
Date: 10/17/2011 at 11:21:46
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OSAGE, IOWA — Funeral rites will be Wednesday at 9:30 a. m. at the Guttenberg Catholic Church for Jack Klaes, 53, a former resident of Mitchell county, who died Saturday of a malignant illness. Burial is to be in the Guttenberg Cemetery.
Born at New Haven, Iowa, on April 25, 1900, to Matt and Kathryn Klaes; he attended the New Haven school, then moved to Riceville with parents, where he completed his schooling. He was a contractor.
In 1933 married Sarah Waters at Guttenberg. The couple established their home at, Guttenberg, where later Klaes purchased the John Deere Implement business, which he operated since.
He leaves wife, a son, Robert, and daughter, Marian, all of Guttenberg; four brothers, Theodore, New Haven, Matt., Jr., Riceville; Robert, of Woodward, and Henry, of Davenport; and two sisters, Mrs. Thomas Hughes, Long Beach, California, and Mrs. Jess Donner, Osage.
Preceding him were his parents, and a sister.
[Waterloo Courier, Tuesday, July 14, 1953]
(NOTE: The above obit has some spelling problems.)
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#2:JACK KLAES RITES HELD WEDNESDAY
PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN DIED LATE SATURDAY; BURIAL HEREJack Klaes, prominent Guttenberg business man, died late last Saturday night at a Dubuque hospital where he had been under treatment for some time following a long illness. Mr. Klaes had been the John Deere implement dealer in Guttenberg since 1948.
Mr. Klaes had been ill for about a year, but until recently has been actively engaged in the operation of the business. About a month ago he was forced to give up many of his activities, however.
Funeral services for Mr. Klaes were held Wednesday morning from the Tuecke funeral home to St. Mary's church where rites were said by Rev. Louis Grunewald. Burial was in Mt. Olivet cemetery with Andrew Elsinger, Jr., Earl Shaeffer, Burdette Weber, Virtus Stillmunkes, Dwaine Noggle and Michael Noggle as pallbearers.
John J. Klaes was born April 25, 1901, in New Haven, Iowa, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mathias Klaes, and on January 31, 1933, he married Sally Wolter at Muscatine. They were the parents of two children. For many years Mr. Klaes was in the construction business and had engaged in farming before he moved to Guttenberg to take over the business.
Surviving Mr. Klaes are Mrs. Klaes and their two children, Mrs. Gilbert Barnhart, Jr., and Robert Lee, both of Guttenberg. Also surviving are four brothers, Theodore of Osage, Henry of Wilton Junction, Anthony of Woodward and Matt of Riceville; and two sisters, Mrs. Thomas Hughes of Long Beach, California, and Mrs. Jess Donner of Osage.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Mrs Anna Kelly.
[ Guttenberg Press, Iowa, Thursday, July 16, 1953, P1 ]
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