Klemme, Alvin H. 1913-2003

KLEMME, TAPPER, HEEREN

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 3/18/2009 at 13:57:17

LE MARS, Iowa -- Alvin H. Klemme, 90, of Le Mars died Saturday, July 5, 2003, at Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Christ Lutheran Church, Grant Township, rural Le Mars, with the Revs. Dan Stegan and Pete Petersen of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Craig officiating. Burial will be in Christ Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today, with the family present after 6 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Carlsen Funeral Home in Le Mars.

Alvin H. Klemme was born March 3, 1913, on the family farm in Preston Township to Fred and Etta (Tapper) Klemme. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church in Preston Township.

Alvin attended country school and helped his parents farm. He later worked as a farmhand until his marriage to Anna Heeren on June 23, 1938, at Christ Lutheran Church, Grant Township. Alvin and Anna farmed there until their retirement in 1975, when they moved to Le Mars.

Alvin had been an active member of Christ Lutheran Church, having served on the church council and cemetery board for several years. In 1998, he was honored as a 50-year member of the Plymouth County Farm Bureau.

Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Ralph and Karen Klemme, and Gerald and Susan Klemme, all of Le Mars; a daughter and son-in-law, Geraldine and Bob Brown of Holstein, Iowa; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; three brothers and sister-in-laws, Leonard and Alwayne Klemme, and Lowell and Vivian Klemme, all of Le Mars, and Harvey and Betty Klemme of Akron, Iowa; several nieces and nephews and many friends.

Alvin was preceded in death by his parents, Fred and Etta Klemme; his wife, Anna on Aug. 8, 2002; a granddaughter, Cynthia Sue Klemme in infancy; three brothers, Ben in infancy, and Arnold and Norman; and a sister, Irene Kruse.

Pallbearers will be Kevin Klemme, Russell Klemme, Kent Klemme, Brad Klemme, Neil Klemme, Jason Brown, Jim Brown, Dave Grenier and Phil Gates.

~Source: The Sioux City Journal
~Part of the Darrell E. Obituary Collection