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Klimesh, Irene Joan (Prohaski) -- 1919 - 2005

KLIMESH, PROHASKI, CIEPIALKOWSKI, BENDA, KALWAROWSKI, DARRAH, MIKESH, ANDERSON

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 7/6/2012 at 12:02:31

Irene Klimesh age 86 of Spillville, IA, died Tuesday, December 20, 2005, at her home following a long illness.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, December 22, 2005 at 11:00 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, Iowa by Rev. Donald Hawes. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be on Wednesday December 21, 2005 from 3:00 until 8:00 at the Balik Funeral Home in Spillville with a prayer service at 4:00 and a rosary at 6:00. Friends may also call and until 10:30 a.m. on Thursday morning at the funeral home.

Irene Joan (Prohaski) Klimesh was born on January 11, 1919 in Clear Lake, Iowa, the daughter of Ben and Paula (Ciepialkowski) Prohaski. Irene attended school in Clear Lake. She married Otto A. Klimesh of Spillville, Iowa, on September 9, 1942 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Clear Lake. Irene loved to bake kolaches for her family. She enjoyed gardening and feeding the birds. She had a very loving heart for all of her family and pets. Irene worked in the hot lunch program at St. Wenceslaus Catholic School in Spillville, Aase Haugen Nursing Home, Oneota Riverview Care Facility, the Cliff House and was manager of the Inwood Ballroom. She was a member of the Ladies Guild and St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church and the Civic Improvement Association in Spillville.

Irene’s survivors include her three daughters: Mary (Roger) Benda, Spillville, IA; Emily (Steve) Kalwarowsky of St. Albert, Alberta, Canada and Cathy (John) Darrah of Dubuque, IA. Three sons; Tom Klimesh, Spillville, IA; Peter (Theresa) Klimesh of Spillville, IA and Dan (Dianne) Klimesh of Ridgeway, IA. Fifteen grandchildren, thirteen great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. One brother-in-law: Charlie Mikesh, Calmar, IA.

Irene was preceded in death by her parents; her husband: Otto on December 24, 1983; one sister: Helen Mikesh; one brother: Ben Prohaski, Jr.; one granddaughter: Christie Klimesh and one great grandson: Shawn Anderson.

Source: Schluter - Balik Funeral Home database

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