Obit: Klessig, Edward #3 (1876 - 1955)

Contact: Stan

Email: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Klessig, Brecker, Johnson, Hentz, Mandel, Myhre, Molle, Kademan

----Source: Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark Co., Wis.)   07/28/1955

Klessig, Edward #3 (3 MAR 1876 - 19 JUL 1955)

Edward Klessig, 79, of Stanley, died at Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, at about 7 p.m., Tuesday evening, July 19, 1955.

Funeral services were held at the Myre Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. William Baker officiating.  Burial was in the Beaver Cemetery.

Edward Klessig was born in Sheboygan, March 3, 1876.  He was married to Catherine Brecker Oct. 3, 1898 in the town of Beaver.  Mrs. Klessig died in 1953.

As a young child he came to the town of Beaver (Clark Co., Wis.) with his parents.  He lived there until three years ago when he sold his farm and moved to Stanley, where he resided until his death.

He is survived by two sons, Leo of Eau Claire, and Norman of Milwaukee; five daughters, Mrs. Art (Cecelia) Johnson, Stanley; Mrs. Walter (Alma) Hentz, Milwaukee; Mrs. Leo (Ann) Mandel, Boyd; Mrs. Ed (Irene) Myhre, Eau Claire; and Mrs. Arnold (Eleanor) Molle, Unity; one sister, Mrs. Ed Kademan, Colby; one brother, Arthur of Montana; 23 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.  Two sisters and one brother preceded him in death.