OBITUARY: Kleckner, Arnold; Mitchell County, Iowa [ St. Ansgar Enterprise, 14 FEB 1980] Arnold Kleckner [1918-1980] Funeral services for Arnold Kleckner, 61, of Hampton, who died at a Mason City hospital Feb. 1, were held Feb. 4 at St. Patrick's Catholic church in Hampton with the Rev. Tom Braak officiating. Arnold P. Kleckner was born in New Haven Feb. 13, 1918, the son of Ernest and Florence Kleckner. He was graduated from St. Ansgar high school in 1937. He was married to the former Annabelle Nelson. Mr. Kleckner is survived by his wife, Annabelle of Hampton; two daughters, Mrs. Lana Sanders of Iowa Falls and Mrs. Richard (Ann) Lukensmeyer of Hampton; two sons, Lance of St. Ansgar and Arnold Jr. of Iowa Falls; his mother, Mrs. Florence Kleckner of St. Ansgar; two sisters, Mrs. Galen Paulson of Osage and Mrs. Jay Schwabe of San Francisco, Calif.; six brothers, Adrian of Charles City, Robert, Maurice and Raymond of St. Ansgar, William of Stevens Point, Wis. and James of Colorado Springs, Colo. Burial was in the Hampton cemetery with Rev. Braak in charge of committal services. Copyright (c) 2001 by Kermit Kittleson; (Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.) This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. **************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material,must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ****************************************************************************