Obit: Klein, Anna (1883 - 1969)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Klein, Misik, Behm, Spangler, Morehouse, Arbelovsky, Vobora, Johnson, Nelson

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 4/17/1969

Klein, Anna (11 November 1883 - 11 April 1969)

Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Klein, 85, of Neillsville, who died Friday, April 11, at the Memorial Home, were conducted Tuesday at 9 a.m. from St. Mary’s Catholic Church, with the Rev. George M. Nelson officiating. Burial was made in the Neillsville City Cemetery. A general rosary was held Monday evening.

Mrs. Klein, the former Anna Misik, was born November 11, 1883, in Czechoslovakia, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jan Misik. She came to the United States at the age of 20 and worked in Chicago, Ill. She married Joseph Klein in that city in 1905, and in the year 1915, they came to Wisconsin, where they farmed. In 1948, they retired and moved into the city of Neillsville. Her husband died in 1963, and about three years ago she went to live at the Memorial Home.

Mrs. Klein is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Oscar (Anna) Behm and Mrs. Bessie Spangler, both of Neillsville; three sons, Joe and Charles, both of Elgin, Ill., and Gerald of Owen; 16 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were: Ken Klein, Richard Morehouse, Chester Johnson, Verlan Spangler, George Klein and James Spangler, all grandsons of Mrs. Klein.

People from out of town attending included: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Klein, Joe Klein, and Mrs. Ann Klein, all of Elgin, Ill., Ken Klein of Marengo, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. George Klein of Schaumburg, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Morehouse of La Crosse; Mr. and Mrs. Verlan Spangler of Rudolph; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Arbelovsky, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. Tony Vobora, all of Granton.