Lee Anna Clarice (Hinderaker) Klatt (1930-2019)

KLATT, HINDERAKER, NORTH, HEMPHILL, TINSLEY

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:11

Obituary From Boeke Funeral Homes, Hardin County, Iowa.

Lee Anna Klatt, age 88, of Ames, IA, passed away on Monday, June 24, 2019 at Bickford of Ames.
Lee Anna Clarice (Hinderaker) Klatt was born on a farm near Radcliffe, IA on December 16, 1930. As a young girl growing up on the farm, she often told stories of driving the tractor and helping her father on the farm.

She graduated from Radcliffe High School in 1948. She married Maurice (Jens) Klatt on March 13, 1949 in Radcliffe and moved to Baker, Montana, near her sister-in-law, Darlene Klatt Martin. They returned back to Radcliffe where Jens was manager of the local Farmers’ Co-op Lumber Yard in Radcliffe, where son David was born in 1951. In 1959, they bought the Ames Lumber Company and moved to Ames, and in 1961, son Jon was born. Lee Anna assisted her mother in cooking at the Riverside Bible Camp in Story City and later became the head cook. She also volunteered babysitting at Bethesda Lutheran Church for various groups and later was asked to babysit for the group, as English is a Second Language, at various churches in Ames.

She enjoyed playing board games and cards and was an avid golfer, (she even had a hole-in-one) all which she enjoyed with her friends. Baking cookies, other desserts, and Christmas candies were activities she enjoyed.

Lee Anna had been living at Bickford Senior Living in Ames where she died on June 24, 2019.

She is survived by her husband, Jens who resides at Accura Care Center in Ames; son David (Becky), grandsons Aaron (Nicole) and Heath and great-grandchildren, Chase and Ava live in Ames; her son Jon, (Cris), and grandchildren Nick, Madison and Mya live in Ankeny; her sister, Barbara North in Atlanta, Georgia; sister-in-law, Maurine Hemphill in Ellsworth; along with several nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.

She was proceeded in death by her parents, Chester and Mae Hinderaker, brother, Charles Hinderaker, sister Bernella Tinsley, and granddaughter Michelle Klatt.

Funeral Service
Tuesday 9 Jul 11:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Bethesda Lutheran Church - ELCA
1517 Northwestern Ave
Ames, IA 50010

In lieu of flowers the family has requested memorial donations be made in her memory to Lutheran Social Services, Beloit Center in Ames, 1323 Northwestern Ave.

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