Craig Joseph KLASSEN

KLASSEN, ROSONKE, BIWER, BURROWS, HOCKOM, HEYING, SULLIVAN, GLASER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:07:00

Craig Joseph Klassen
23 November 1962 --- 8 August 2013

Craig J. Klassen, 50 of Phoenix, Arizona, died Thursday August 8, 2013 at Miriam's Adult Care, Glendale, Arizona. Craig moved to Arizona 26 years ago after graduating from Palmer Chiropractic College in Davenport, IA. He has owned and operated numerous chiropractic offices throughout the years, currently Bell West and Klassen Chiropractic offices in the Phoenix area. Craig enjoyed life and will be missed by many.

Craig is survived by his son, Davis Klassen; father Robert L. Klassen; brother Richard (Rachelle)Klassen, Kirk (Sharon) Klassen; 5 nieces and nephews; 3 grandnieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother Elizabeth A. (Biwer) Klassen who passed away a few hours before.

A Memorial Mass for Craig Klassen and Elizabeth Klassen will be held at 1:30 pm Monday August 12, 2013, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Clear Lake, Iowa.
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Elizabeth A. "Betty" Klassen, 78, of 17 Marflow St., Ventura, Iowa died Thursday August 8, 2013 at the Oakwood Care Center, Clear Lake, Iowa.

Craig Joseph Klassen, 50, of Phoenix, Arizona son of Elizabeth Klassen, died two hours later on August 8, 2013 in Phoenix.

A memorial mass for Elizabeth Klassen and her son Craig Klassen will be held 1:30 p.m. Monday August 12, 2013 at St. Patrick's Catholic, Church, Clear Lake, Iowa with Rev. John Gossman and Rev. Ken Glaser officiating. Inurnment will be at a later time in Clear Lake Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 1:30 p.m. -3:00 p.m. at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake with a scriptural wake service at 2:00p.m. Visitation will also be one hour before the service on Monday at the church.

Betty was born Feb. 3, 1935 in Elma, Iowa the daughter of Phillip and Elizabeth (Rosonke) Biwer. She received her education graduating in 1953 from Immaculate Conception Catholic High School, Elma, Iowa. She married Robert L. Klassen May 1, 1954 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Elma, Iowa. To this union they had three sons Richard, Kirk and Craig.

They lived in Rudd, later Charles City and Des Moines. In 1968 they bought the Shady Beach, Clear Lake, Iowa for four years and then moved to Sheldon, Iowa where they bought a beer distributorship. In 1977 they bought the Colony Inn in Ventura, Iowa. She was always active and very involved in all of their endeavors.
She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Clear Lake, Iowa.

Betty is survived by her husband of 58 years Bob Klassen, Ventura, Iowa; two sons Richard "Rick" (Rachelle) Klassen, Desert Hot Spring, California and Kirk (Sharon) Klassen, Prentice, Wisconsin; six grandchildren Rebecka Klassen and her fiancé Matt Burrows, Jennifer (Aaron) Hockom, Jacob Klassen, Sean Klassen, Adam (Dorie) Klassen and Davis Klassen; three great-grandchildren Carter Klassen, Ruth Burrows and Max Hockom; two brothers Matt (Jackie) Biwer, Phoenix, Arizona and Al (Donna) Biwer, Elma, Iowa and two sisters Geraldine Heying, Elma, Iowa and Mary Sullivan, Rochester, Minnesota. Her son Craig passed away two hours after her death on August 8, 2013 in Phoenix, Arizona. She was preceded in death by her parents; sister Phyllis Glaser; brother Joe Biwer and two brothers-in-law Slim Heying and Burdell Sullivan.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, Iowa.