Surnames: Klocke, Goetsch

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 02/12/1948

Klocke, Amelia (17 Oct. 1859 - 7 Feb. 1948)

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at St. Paul’s Lutheran church at Curtiss for Mrs. Amelia Klocke, age 88, of Curtiss, Wisconsin, who died Saturday at the Medford hospital where she was a patient for a week. She was an invalid for many years. Rev. M. C. Goetsch officiated at the service and burial was made in Pine Hill cemetery.

Mrs. Klocke was born in Germany Oct. 17, 1859, received her education there, and was married in Sheboygan to Fred Klocke, who died in 1917.

She lived in Sheboygan for about two years when they moved to their home farm, 2 ½ miles north of Curtiss in the town of Hoard 66 years ago. She was a lifelong member of the Lutheran church.

Surviving are two sons, Reinhard Klocke, on the home farm, and Arthur Klocke, on a farm in Hoard. There are three grand children and seven great grand children.