KLOBERDANZ, Murray A. 1949-2005

KLOBERDANZ, FLOWERS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/25/2010 at 19:43:33

Murray A. Kloberdanz, 1949-2005

A Memorial Mass for Murray A. Kloberdanz, age 56, prominent Osage attorney and Mitchell County Magistrate, was held Friday, Oct. 28, 2005, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Osage, Iowa, with Rev. John Moser officiating. There will be private inurnment services. Murray died Monday, Oct. 24, 2005, at the Mitchell County Regional Health Center-Hospital in Osage, following a lengthy illness.

Murray was born August 1, 1949, in Osage, the son of Peter and Margaret (Flowers) Kloberdanz. He grew to manhood in Osage, graduating from Osage High School in 1967. Murray graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1971. He received a master's degree in communications in 1972 from the University of Iowa School of Journalism. He then earned his law degree from the University of Iowa in 1975.

Murray returned to Osage where he joined with Vern Kratchmer to form Kratchmer-Kloberdanz Law Offices in 1975. Murray was a Rotarian, member of the Knights of Columbus and a lifetime member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. He volunteered as a mentor with the Bridges Mentoring Program. He was an original member of the Little Big Horn National Memorial and Battlefield volunteer archaeological survey teams in the 1980's, providing invaluable research and study to that most famous of all American battles.

Preceding Murray in death were his parents and sister, Mary Margaret Kloberdanz.

Left to cherish his memory are his children: daughter Shelby Kloberdanz and fiance Adam Kline of Mason City, and two sons, David Kloberdanz and Nicholas Kloberdanz of Cedar Falls; two brothers, Montgomery "Monte" Kloberdanz of Osage, and Michael "Mick" Kloberdanz of Las Vegas, Nevada; one granddaughter, Kinsey Kline; his mentor son, Chris Dietz of Osage; and numerous nephews, nieces, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Arrangments made by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage.

[ Published November 2, 2005, www.mcpress.com ]
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NOTE: See photo of his tombstone on IaGenWeb/GPP