OBITUARY: Margaret K. "Peggy" Claassen, Mitchell County, Iowa Margaret K. "Peggy" Claassen [Mitchell County Press-News, online, www.mcpress.com, Posted Feb. 20, 2002] Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2002, 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Osage for Margaret K. "Peggy" Claassen, age 87, of Osage. Rev. Philip Recker officiating. Visitation is 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday evening, Feb. 19, 2002 at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, with Rosary at 3:45p.m. Interment will be in the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery. She died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2002 at her home in Osage. Margaret was born Dec. 19, 1914 in Fort Dodge, IA the daughter of Joseph and Katherina (Frank) Kloberdanz. She moved to Osage with her family at a young age. Later she moved to the Waterloo area where she met and married her husband, LeeRoy Claassen. She worked at Rath Meat Packing in Waterloo for many years. Following LeeRoy's death she moved back to Osage. Margaret was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Osage. Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, LeeRoy; three sisters, Christina, Elizabeth and an infant sister Regina; five brothers, Joseph, Peter, Jacob and John A. and an infant brother John. Those that survive her include her two sisters, Anna Schwab of Osage and Magdalene Wagner and husband Eugene of Osage; one brother George Kloberdanz and wife Luella of Waterloo; three sisters-in-law, Elsie Kloberdanz of Waterloo, Gertrude Klober-danz of Cannon City, CO and Lou Kloberdanz of Austin, MN; numerous nieces and nephews. Copyright (c) 2002 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. ****************************************************************************