Obit: Klocke, Arthur (1884 - 1950)
Contact: Linda Mertens
Email: mertens@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Source - Anna Johnson's Scrapbook

Arthur Klocke (17 Jan 1884- 1950)

Funeral services were held from St. Paul’s Lutheran church, Curtiss, at 2 PM today for Arthur Klocke, 66, lifelong resident of the Curtiss community, who died at 6:45 AM Monday in the Medford hospital . The Rev. F.H. Sprengler, pastor of St Peter’s Lutheran church here, officiated at the final rites, and burial was in Pine Hill cemetery. Fuchsgruber Funeral Service had charge of arrangements, and the deceased lay in state at the local funeral parlors until this morning.

Arthur Henry Klocke was born in the Town of Hoard on Jan 17, 1884. He and Miss Bertha Wagner were married Nov 27, 1911, and for the past 36 years had resided on the family farm north of Curtiss.
Survivors include his widow, one son, Herman, three grandchildren and a brother, Rheinhard Klocke, all of the Curtiss community.