KLEMESRUD, Joan Elizabeth (Ryner) 1928-2019

KLEMESRUD, RYNER, KEAMMERER, ROTHMEYER, BLUNT, CARROLL, DALY

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Date: 11/7/2024 at 16:45:10

Joan Elizabeth Klemesrud, age 90, of Osage, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2019, at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage, under Hospice Care.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at Rock Creek Lutheran Church, 3269 Foothill Avenue, Osage, with Pastor David A. Werges and Deacon Elayne J. Werges officiating. Burial will be at Rock Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage.

Joan was born December 27, 1928, on a farm south of Nora Springs, to Joseph and Mamie (Keammerer) Ryner. She graduated from Rudd High School in 1946. She attended the University of Dubuque for one year, majoring in music and was selected as a member of the traveling choir.

On September 14, 1947, she married Robert Klemesrud in Bethany, Missouri. They were married 67 years and lived on their farm north of Rudd while they raised their family. Joan was kept busy making meals and taking her five children to all of their activities.

Joan was a member of Rock Creek Lutheran Church and served a variety of offices with the Rock Creek Church Women and directed the ladies’ chorus. She was a great cook and also enjoyed music and singing, crafts like crocheting and painting, writing poetry, crossword puzzles, bowling, fishing and in later years Facebook. She was always ready to play cards or a game.

Joan and Bob retired to a home in Osage in 2002, then moved to Faith Home Assisted Living in 2014. She remained there after Bob’s death in 2015, and recently moved to Faith Lutheran Home, because of illness.

Those grateful for sharing in Joan’s life are her children, Bob (Nancy) Klemesrud, Jr. of Osage, Wendell (Paula) Klemesrud of Cedar Springs, Michigan, Lori Klemesrud of Mason City, Randy Klemesrud of Nora Springs, Kevin (Mellony) Klemesrud of Osceola; grandchildren and their families, Matt Klemesrud, Andy (Joni) Klemesrud and their children, Nolan, Drew and Olivia, Kathryn (Matt Taylor) Klemesrud, Joseph Klemesrud, Gretchen Klemesrud and her daughters, Julie, Kylie and Olivia, Sarah (Dan King) Klemesrud and their son Brock, Jack (Katie) Klemesrud and their children, Carter, Kenna, Lydia, Lillian and Clay, Kristin (Scott) Pate, Kacey (fiancé Ben Korver) Klemesrud; step-grandchildren, Jeff (Mallory) Jamison and their son Jase, Janelle (Andy) Theobald and their daughter Emma, and Jared Jamison; sister-in-law, Carrie Daly; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob; daughter, Barbara Klemesrud; parents, Joe and Mamie Ryner; in-laws, Herbert and Laura Klemesrud; siblings and their spouses, Marie (George) Blunt, Ernie (Ida) Ryner, Donald (Marcella) Ryner, Willard (Shirley) Ryner, Vera (Bob) Carroll; siblings-in-law, Kent Daly and Bill (Patricia) Rothmeyer.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home 641-732-3706

SOURCE: Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home