OBITUARY: Kalmar Livius Klemesrud, 1901-1972, Mitchell County, Iowa



                      Kalmar Livius Klemesrud

Funeral services will be held tomorrow, Friday, for an Osage farmer,
Kalmar Klemesrud, 71, who died Monday, May 8, 1972 at Mitchell County
Memorial Hospital in Osage after suffering a stroke on Sunday.  The
Rev. Donald L. Berg, church pastor, will be in charge of the services
at the Rock Creek Lutheran Church.  C.R. Champion and Sons are making
arrangements and burial will be in the Rock Creek Lutheran cemetery.

Kalmar Livius Klemesrud was born in West Cedar Township, Mitchell County,
Iowa, on March 3, 1901 to Herman and Lise Dynna Klemesrud.  He was baptized
and confirmed at Rock Creek Lutheran Church, attended the rural schools in
the area, and went on to enroll at Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa.

Thelma Johnson and Kalmar Klemesrud were married on April 29, 1925.  They
became parents of one son, John Phillip.  Mrs. Klemesrud died in 1960.

Rosella Norby Ahrens and Kalmar Klemesrud were united in marriage on
November 26, 1964.  They farmed southwest of Osage in West Cedar Township.

Mr. Klemesrud was a lifelong member of the Rock Creek Lutheran Church and
had served on many boards and committees of the church.  He was a member
of the church's men's quartet and church choir.

Survivors include his wife, Rosella; seven grandchildren; three sisters,
Mrs. Ingvald (Alice) Sponheim, Mrs. Edwin (Helen) Maakestad, and Mrs.
Louise Dieterichs, all of Osage; two brothers, Knud of Pewaukee, WI and
Herman Ludvig Klemesrud of Indianapolis, IN; four step-children; one
daughter-in-law; many cousins, nieces and nephews.

Preceding him in death were his first wife, Thelma, who died July 3, 1960;
his son, John in March 1970; his parents, three brothers and one sister.



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