KLEIN, Myron D. 1914-2003

KLEIN, FERRIER, HOPPE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/12/2009 at 22:09:17

OSAGE, IOWA — Myron D. Klein, age 89, of Osage, died Monday (Sept. 15, 2003) at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage, Mitchell county, Iowa.

Myron was born June 18, 1914, on a farm west of Manly in Worth County, the son of Edward and Leora Mae (Ferrier) Klein. Myron was educated in Danville No. 5 country school.

He farmed with his father until 1936 when he went to work for Oliver Tractor Company in Charles City.

In the Spring of 1941, Myron entered the U.S. Army. He received his basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

He was shipped to Africa where he spent time in the Army Engineer Corps, assisting building floating barges for shipping Army tanks to Italy.

After serving some time in Italy, he was relocated to Germany, where he stayed until he was discharged from the army with a Sergeant 1st Class rating in August of 1945.

In 1946 he and his brother Harold opened a garage in Hanlontown. During his vacations, Myron enjoyed helping his brother, Everett, with planting his crops in the spring, and with harvesting the crops in the fall. He later moved to Indiana and worked for auto dealers there.

On Jan. 23, 1945, he was united in marriage to Maria G. Hoppe in East Chicago, Ind. They moved to Orchard in 1956 and to Osage in 1968. Myron was an auto mechanic at the Ford Dealership in Osage, employed by Karl Jorde, Wayne Mills and Jim Hayden, retiring in 1983.

He was a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church and the American Legion.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage with the Rev. Dennis Hanson and the Rev. Roy Ott officiating. Burial will be in the Manly Cemetery, with military honors by Osage American Legion Post 278. Visitation will be held one hour before services at the Faith Lutheran Home.

He is survived by stepson, Raymond (Nancy) Boge of Crystal Lake, Illinois; two stepgrandchildren, Thomas (Katie) Boge of Indianola and Jill (Bill) Schlies of Waukesha, Wisconsin; brother, Harold (Evelyn) Klein of Albuquerque, New Mexico; nieces, Nena (Dave) Smith, of Houston, Texas, and Candyce (Rob) Morton; nephew, Brian Klein, of Albuquerque, N.M.; sister-in-law, Janet Klein of Northwood, Iowa, nieces, Sharon (Dennis) Tiedeman and Cindy (Bill) Martinson of Mason City; several great-nieces and nephews; and great-great-nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife Maria in 1999; a brother, Everett Klein.

Champion- Bucheit Funeral Home Osage is in charge of arrangements, (641) 732-3706.

[Mason City Globe Gazette]