Obit: Klimeck, John (1896 – 1965)

Contact: Dinah Reinke

Email: dinah@wiclarkcountyhistory.org  

Surnames: Klimeck, Ingersoll, Green, Muratore, Plechaeck, Blixt, Pederson

------ Source: Tribune-Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 02/04/1965

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

John Klimeck, 68, of Stetsonville died at his home Saturday.  Funeral services were held Wednesday at   2 p.m. at Zion Lutheran church with the Rev. Wilbert Frank officiating.  Burial was made in the Stetsonville Lutheran cemetery.

Mr. Klimeck was born on the town of Deer Creek Dec. 19, 1896.  He lived in that area and later at Cadott and Thorp.  For several years he operated The Farmers Home Tavern in Abbotsford and after his retirement lived in Stetsonville.

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) Muratore, Union Grove; a step daughter, Mrs. Anton (Ruth) Plechaeck, Thorp; 34 grand children, and two sisters, Mrs. Irma Blixt, Traverse City, Mich., and Mrs. Sig Pederson, Northfield, Minn.