Klemme, Walter H. 1906 - 1973

KLEMME, OSTERTHUN

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Date: 12/5/2011 at 09:31:32

Walter H. Klemme, 66, Akron, died Monday, January 8, 1973 at a Sioux City hospital. He had been a patient for eight weeks.

The funeral was 2 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran church at Akron. Rev. Durwood Clauson officiated. Burial was in Riverside cemetery. Pall bearers were John Wilken, Elmer Jurgensen, Clarence Schmidt, Elmer Kapfer, Alvin Klemme and Robert Jurgensen. A prayer service was at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Schroeder funeral home.

He was born April 22, 1906, in rural Akron. He married Alma Osterthun September 23, 1931, at Chatsworth. They farmed in the Akron area; moved to town December 1,1965, and since operated the Klemme recreation hall. He was a member of the Trinity Lutheran church of Akron.

Survivors are his wife; two sons, Wendell of Sheldon, Darwyn of Akron; a daughter, Mrs. Norman (Elvira) Nielsen of Akron; 10 grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Charles Jurgensen and Mrs. William Jurgensen, both of Akron.

Akron Register Tribune
Thursday, January 18, 1973
Akron, Iowa