KLASSEN, Ann (nee Boyle) 1902-2004
KLASSEN, MURRAY, BOYLE
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/17/2009 at 19:13:59
STACYVILLE, IOWA — Ann Klassen, age 101, died on Friday, July 2, 2004, at the Stacyville Community Nursing home.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday at Visitation Catholic Church in Stacyville with the Rev. Mark Reasoner officiating.
Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Monday at the church with a rosary service at 4:30 p.m. and scripture service at 6 p.m. Burial will be in the Visitation Cemetery, Stacyville, Iowa.
Ann Klassen was born on October 17, 1902, in Lawler. She was the daughter of Patrick W. and Ann (Murray) Boyle. She attended Mount Carmel High School in Lawler and received a teaching certificate from Loras College in Dubuque. She taught school in Little Turkey, McIntire, and Stacyville.
Ann married Matt Klassen on June 21, 1921, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel church in Lawler. They farmed until retirement. Matt passed away January 1, 1990**.
Ann was choir director and organist at St. Mel’s Catholic church from 1938 until she entered the nursing home in Stacyville in 1989. She then played for all church services at the rest home until 2002.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Matt; three brothers and two sisters.
Ann is survived by two sons, Leonard (Maxine) and Matt Jr. (Viola), both of Adams, Minn.; four daughters, Madonna (Vern) Blake, Patricia (John) Freeman, and Katherine Murphy, all of Waterloo, and Joan (Jim) Murray of Jonesboro, Arkansas. There are 25 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren, and 32 great-great-grandchildren.
Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar, is in charge of arrangements, (641) 713-4920.
[Globe Gazette]
NOTE:
Matt's middle name was Aloysious.** NOTE: Social Sec. Death Index disagrees with death date, saying:
KLASSEN, MATH A.
b: 15 Nov 1893
d: 01 Jan 1992
age: 98
Last res: 50476 (Stacyville, Mitchell, IA)
SSN: Iowa 482-44-3564----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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