OBITUARY
Enid, OK — The funeral for Martin Walter Kletke, 94, of Jefferson City, Mo., formerly of Alva, will be 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008, at Zion Lutheran Church, Alva. Mark Bersche, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Zion Lutheran Cemetery. Arrangements are by Marshall Funeral Home, Alva. Visitation will be 1:30 p.m. with the family at the funeral home.
He was born July 2, 1914, east of Alva to Oscar and Emma Wamhoff Kletke and died Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008, in Jefferson City, Mo.
He attended school at Triumph School, then graduated from Northwestern High School in 1933. He married Mildred Brunken Oct. 13, 1940. They made their home near Alva. He farmed and raised cattle, retiring in 1999, and moved with Mildred to The Homestead, Alva, for five years before moving to Heisinger Lutheran Home, Jefferson City, in 2004. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, where he was on many boards and committees.
Surviving are his wife, Mildred; three children, Darrel Kletke of Stillwater, Janice Sonnenberg of Jefferson City and Phillip Kletke of Chicago; seven grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one brother.
SOURCE: Published 8-22-08