August Carl Kletting
Born: June 5, 1869 in Germany1
Died: April 28, 1948 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa1
Buried: Lot 133
Married: Elizabeth Buckley on February 26, 1901 in Jasper Co., Iowa
Children: Carl
Parents: Andrew and Anna Russ Kletting both born in Germany1
August Kletting, Colfax, Dies
At His Farm Home
COLFAX -- August Kletting, 78, Colfax area farmer, died at 7:28 o'clock Wednesday evening at his home of a heart ailment.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday at the Metz church. Rev. Clyde McDonald of Des Moines will officiate. Burial will be in the Sugar Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Kletting was born in Germany, but had come to this country as a young man, settling in the vicinity of Colfax. He married Lizzie Buckley in Newton. His wife preceded him in death several years ago.
Survivors include one son, Carl Kletting of Mound Prairie township, and one grandson, dean Allen Kletting. ~ The Newton Daily News, April 29, 1948
Elizabeth (Buckley) Kletting
Born: August 31, 1865 in Oldham, Lancashire, England
Died: June 28, 1931 in Mound Prairie Twp., Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 133
Married: August C. Kletting on February 26, 1901 in Jasper Co., Iowa
Children: Carl
Parents: Ben and Harriet (Huff) Buckley
Elizabeth Kletting
Elizabeth Buckley, daughter of Benjamin and Harriett Buckley, was born at Oldham, England August 31, 1865 and died June 28 at her home in the Bear Grove neighborhood after an illness of several years.
At the age of three years she came with her parents to America and the family settled at Belvea, Ill. where they remained for 13 years. At the age of 16 she moved with her parents to Jasper County, Ia. where she spent the remainder of her life.
February 26, 1901 she was united in marriage to August Kletting and to this union one son, Carl, was born. She leaves surviving her husband, her son Carl and wife, Grace, two brothers, John Buckley and Robert Buckley, both of Des Moines and a host of neighbors and friends. ~ obituary provided by Donna Keltting of Prairie City, Iowa.
Carl Kletting
Born: June 29,1907 in Jasper Co., Iowa2
Died: February 17, 1968 in Colfax, Jasper Co., Iowa2
Buried: Lot 133
Married: Grace Winegar on January 22, 1930 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa5
Children: Dean
Parents: August and Elizabeth (Buckley) Kletting
Carl A. Kletting Dies Saturday;
Services Today
MONROE -- Carl3 August Kletting, 60, of Rt. 1, Colfax, a longtime resident of Jasper County, died Saturday in his farm home.
Funeral services were held today in Garden Chapel Funeral Home in Monroe.
The Rev. Ben F. Buckingham, minister of Church of the Brethren south of Prairie City, conducted the services. Burial was in the Sugar Grove Cemetery near Metz.
Mrs. DeVayne Honnold was the organist.
Pallbearers were Hubert A. Slings, Floyd E. Smith, John W. Bell, Myron Brink, Russell Dillard and Lowell Dillard.
Survivors are his wife, Grace; a son, Dean A. of Prairie City, and a grandson, Terry D.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
The son of August and Elizabeth Buckley Kletting, he was born June 29, 1907, in Jasper County.
He was married to Grace Winegar in Newton. ~ The Newton Daily News, February 18, 1968
Grace (Winegar) Kletting
Born: December 7, 1902 in Prairie City, Jasper Co., Iowa4
Died: February 19, 1991 in Prairie City, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 133
Married: Carl Kletting on January 22, 1930 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa5
Children: Dean
Parents: Davis and Mary Breckenridge Winegar5
Grace Kletting
COLFAX, IA. -- Grace Kletting of Colfax died of a stroke Tuesday at Clearview Manor in Prairie City. She was 88. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Walters-Coburn Funeral Home here, with burial at Sugar Grove Cemetery in Metz.
Mrs. Kletting, a homemaker, was born in Prairie City and lived in Colfax most of her life.
She is survived by a sister, Josephine Briles of Prairie City; a grandchild; and three great-grandchildren.
Friends may call until service time at the funeral home. ~ The Des Moines Register, February 21, 1991
1. Jasper Co., Iowa Death Record, Book 3, page 247
2. Jasper Co., Iowa Death Record, Book 5, page 5
3. Obituary says Paul, but that is a misprint.
4. Social Security Death Index
5. Jasper Co., IA Marriage Record 6 1916-1929