Obit: Klimeck, John (1896 - 1965)

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Surnames: Klimeck, Bruun, Ingersoll, Green, Muraore, Plechacek, Blixt, Pederson

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 02/04/1965

Klimeck, John (19 DEC 1896 - 30 JAN 1965)

Funeral services for John Klimeck, 68, of Stetsonville, who died at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church. The Rev. Wilbert Frank Officiated and burial was made in the Stetsonville Lutheran Cemetery.

Mr. Klimeck was born in the town of Deer Creek on Dec. 19, 1896, and had lived in that area many years. He lived at Cadott for 16 years, from 1934 to 1950, when he moved to Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.). After his retirement in 1958 he moved to Stetsonville. He was married to Ethel Bruun at Cadott on July 15, 1938.

He is survived by his wife; five sons, Adrian Klimeck, Gilman; Karlos Klimeck, Milwaukee; Arlo Klimeck, Chicago; Allen Klimeck, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Arthur Klimeck, Milwaukee; three daughters, Mrs. Harold (Kathryn) Ingersoll, Abbotsford; Mrs. Garland (Ethel) Green, Milwaukee, and Mrs. Sam (Adelia) Muraore, Union Grove; a step-daughter, Mrs. Anton (Ruth) Plechacek, Thorp; 34 grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Irma Blixt, Traverse City, Mich., and Mrs. Sog Pederson, Northfield, Minn.

Two daughters preceded him in death.