Klemme, Anna C. 1913-2002

KLEMME, HEEREN, VONHAGEL

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/8/2007 at 21:11:39

LE MARS, Iowa -- Anna C. Klemme, 89, of Le Mars died Thursday, Aug. 8, 2002, at Plymouth Manor Care Center in Le Mars.

Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Christ Lutheran Church, Grant Township, rural Le Mars, with the Rev. Peter Boe officiating. Burial will be in Christ Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Saturday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m, all at Carlsen Funeral Home in Le Mars.

Anna Catherine Heeren was born May 22, 1913, at home in Grant Township, to Herman and Meta (VonHagel) Heeren. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Christ Lutheran Church. She attended country schools in Plymouth County, Iowa, and graduated from Le Mars Central High School. Following high school, she attended and graduated from Western Union College in Le Mars, with a teaching degree. She taught country school in Grant Township until her marriage.

She married Alvin Klemme on June 23, 1938. The couple farmed until their retirement in 1975 and moved into Le Mars.

She was active in her church, where she served as organist, choir director, Sunday School teacher and a member of the women's circle for many years. She loved her family and helping others. She enjoyed music and gardening.

Survivors include her husband of 64 years, Alvin; two sons and their wives, Ralph and Karen Klemme of Le Mars and Gerald and Susan Klemme of Le Mars; a daughter and her husband, Geraldine and Bob Brown of Holstein, Iowa; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Helen Ahrendt and Clara Klemme; a brother, Norman Heeren; and an infant granddaughter, Cynthia Sue Klemme.

Pallbearers will be Kevin, Russell, Kent, Brad and Neil Klemme, Jason and Jim Brown, Dave Grenier and Phil Gates. Honorary pallbearers will be Arlan Heeren, Paul Ahrendt, Duane Popken, Scott, Jim, Gaynor and Robin Klemme and Allen Rohlfs.

~source: The Sioux City Journal