Obit: Klabunde, Ella R (1915 - 2006)

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Surnames: Klabunde, Gaetz, Beyer, Barker, Kooiman, Terleski

----Sources: Marshfield News-Herald, November 8, 2006

Klabunde, Ella Rose (16 Sept. 1915 - 6 Nov. 2006)

Ella R. Klabunde

MILACA, Minn. -- Ella Rose Klabunde, 91, of Milaca, Minn., formerly of Dorchester, died Monday, Nov. 6, 2006, at Milaca Elim Home.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses, Dorchester, Wis. Burial will be in Stetsonville Public Cemetery.

Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at Maurina Funeral Home, Dorchester, Wis. Maurina/Community Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Ella was born Sept. 16, 1915, in the town of Little Black, Taylor County, to Charles and Rose (Gaetz) Beyer. Ella and Carl Klabunde were married Jan. 14, 1936. She enjoyed the outdoors and was a full partner in the work on the family farm in the town of Little Black. After the death of her husband she lived with her children until entering the nursing home in Milaca, Minn., in March of 1999.

Ella is survived by her children, Rosabell Barker of Merrill, Robert (Ida) Klabunde of Alice, Texas, Grace Terleski of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and Pearl (Andrew) Kooiman of Onamia, Minn.; 16 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.