KLEMESRUD, Lucille (Miller) 1916-1999

KLEMESRUD, MILLER, FOX

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 10/26/2010 at 20:04:49

LUCILLE KLEMESRUD

OSAGE, IOWA - Lucille Klemesrud, 82, of Osage, died Monday (March 15, 1999) at the Osage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, Osage.

Lucille was born on August 12, 1916, on the family farm near New Haven, Iowa, the daughter of John and Josephine (Fox) Miller. She was educated in New Haven and she graduated from St. Mary's Academy in 1934.

Lucille married Sidney Klemesrud on May 24, 1942, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Mason City. They resided in Osage their entire married life. Sidney died in 1978.

Lucille was employed as the catalog store manager of the Montgomery Wards in Osage. She also worked at Dick's Royal Tire and Supply and then as a deputy clerk in the Mitchell County Treasurer's office, retiring in 1981.

She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Ladies Guild and Church Circle, along with the V.F.W. and Legion auxiliaries and WA-TAN-YE.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Osage, with the Rev. Philip Recker officiating. Inurnment will be at a later date in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Osage.

Visitation will be held from 2:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Champion Funeral Home, Osage, with a rosary at 3 p.m. and a scripture service at 7 p.m.

She is survived by one son, Larry Klemesrud, of Osage; two grandchildren, Richard Klemesrud of Sydney, Australia, and Samantha Klemesrud of London, England; numerous nieces and nephews; and special friends, Carol Clark, Lillian McKenna, Selma Klemesrud, Zola Naig and the Mark and Mary Low Family.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Sidney, in 1978; one brother, Vincent Miller; and two sisters, Bernice Kraus and Vera Mauser.

[Globe Gazette, March 17, 1999]