----Source: MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD 3/7/2001

Russell Klug  (1920 - 2001)

ABBOSFORD - Russell K. Klug, age 80, of Abbotsford, died Monday, March 5, 2001, at his home.

A Memorial Service for Russell will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Curtiss Alliance Church in Curtiss with Pastor Carl Swarr officiating.

The Cremation Society of Wisconsin is serving the family.

Russell was born Aug. 25, 1920, in Owen, to William Edwin and Edna (nee Davidson) Klug. he graduated from Owen High School and the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He married Betty Rayment on Sept. 30, 1967, in Neillsville.

 
He was a World War II Navy veteran, serving from 1940 to 1946 and seeing action in Pearl Harbor in 1941. He was employed at Weyerhaeuser Lumber in Marshfield, retiring in 1985. 

He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Betty Klug, of Abbotsford two sisters, Shirley Cleveland of Owen and Bernice Sobon of Portland, Ore. several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents sister, Vivian Barrett and brother, Wilber.