OBITUARY: Klar, Martin George, 1896-1966, Mitchell County, Iowa

[Source: Mitchell County Press-News or Mason City Globe Gazette]


                 FUNERAL MONDAY FOR MARTIN G. KLAR

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon for a retired Osage farmer,
Martin Klar, 70, who died Saturday at Mitchell County Memorial hospital.
Mr. Klar had been in failing health for two years.  (May 6, 1966.)

The Rev. Robert Smith, pastor of the Methodist church, was in charge of
the services at the Champion Funeral Home.  Burial was in the Osage cemetery.

Martin George Klar was born near Dysart, Feb. 26, 1896, the son of Paul and
Catherine Klar.

He moved with his family to a farm near Osage in 1922. He attended school
in Dysart and was a student at Cedar Valley seminary in Osage.

His marriage to Grace Kelley of Osage took place in December, 1921. They
established their home on a farm southwest of Osage where he lived
continuously for 54 years.  Mr. and Mrs. Klar moved from the farm to
their present home in Osage last October.

Mr. Klar was active in community affairs, serving on the school board and
on the board of the Farm Bureau.

Surviving are his wife, Grace, Lathrop, Jean, of Osage; Mrs. Beryl Griner,
Darlene, of Cedar Falls; one son, Luverne of Mankato; one brother John Klar
of Springfield, Ore.; two sisters, Mrs. Tessie Bower of St. Ansgar; and
Mrs. Lynn Morse of Charles City.  Eight grandchildren also survive.

Preceding him in death were his parents and one infant daughter.



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