Bio: Kleiber, Warren (Fire Victim - 2015)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Danen, Kleiber, Wilson

----Source: The Star News (Medford, WI) 5/14/2015

By News Editor Brian Wilson

Warren Kleiber, 62, has died as the result of injuries sustained in last week’s garage fire on his Gravel Rd. residence in the town of Little Black.

Kleiber had been transported by helicopter to the burn center at UW-Madison Hospital with burns over half of his body.

The fire occurred the evening of May 4. According to fire chief Mike Danen, the garage at W5899 Gravel Rd. I the town of Little Black was totally engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. Firefighters kept the fire from spreading to any of the nearby buildings. The structure was a total loss with damage to nearby vehicles.

This is Taylor County’s first fire-related fatality of the year.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 16 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Medford. Visitation will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, May 15 at Hemer Funeral Home, Medford where there will be a 6:45 prayer service, and also from 9 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, May 16 at the funeral home.