OBITUARY: Myron D. Klein, 1914-2003, Mitchell Co., Iowa
 
[ Mitchell County-Press-News online - Posted Sept. 24, 2003 ] 
 


                           Myron D. Klein
                           
Funeral services for Myron D. Klein, age 89, of Osage were held Thursday,
September 18, 2003 at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage. The Reverend Dennis
Hanson and the Reverend Roy Ott officiated. Burial was in the Manly
Cemetery with military honors by Osage American Legion Post 278. Myron
died Monday, September 15 at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.

Myron Klein was born June 18, 1914 on a farm west of Manly in Worth County,
the son of Edward and Leora Mae (Ferrier) Klein.

He was educated in Danville No. 5 country school. He farmed with his father
until 1936 when he went to work for Oliver Tractor Company in Charles City.

In the spring of 1941, Myron entered the U.S. Army. He received his basic
training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and was shipped to Africa, where he
spent time in the Army Engineer Corps, there assisting in building floating
barges for shipping army tanks to Italy. After serving some time in Italy,
he was relocated to Germany, where he stayed until he was discharged from
the army with a Sergeant 1st Class rating in August of 1945.

In 1946 he and his brother Harold opened a garage in Hanlontown. During
his vacations Myron enjoyed helping his brother Everett with planting
his crops in the spring and with harvesting the crops in the fall. He
later moved to Indiana and worked for auto dealers there.

On January 23, 1954 he was united in marriage to Maria G. Hoppe in
East Chicago, Indiana. They moved to Orchard in 1956 and to Osage in 1968.
Myron was an auto mechanic at the Ford dealership in Osage, employed by
Karl Jorde, Wayne Mills and Jim Hayden, retiring in 1983. He was a member
of Our Savior's Lutheran Church and the American Legion.

Myron was preceded in death by his parents, wife Maria in 1999 and a
brother Everett Klein.

His survivors include his step-son Raymond (Nancy) Boge of Crystal
Lake, Illinois; two step-grandchildren Thomas (Katie) Boge of Indianola
and Jill (Bill) Schlies of Waukesha, Wisconsin; brother Harold (Evelyn)
Klein of Albuquerque, New Mexico, nieces Nena (Dave) Smith, Houston, Texas;
Candyce (Rob) Morton, nephew Brian Klein, Albuquerque, New Mexico;
sister-in-law Janet Klein of Northwood, nieces Sharon (Dennis) Tiedeman
and Cindy (Bill) Martinson of Mason City; several great-nieces and nephews
and great-great-nieces and nephews.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, 641-732-3706, was in charge of the
arrangements.



    Copyright 2003, K. L. Kittleson