Unknown Newspaper, August 6, 1970
RITES SATURDAY AT CLAY CITY
John W. Klass, retired miner and farmer who lived on R. R. 2, Coal City, died suddenly at his home at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 29. He was 84 years old. He had been ill the past two months. Mr. Klass retired as an employee of the Maumee Colliery Company in 1945. He was born in Owen County April 3, 1886, the son of Klamans Klass and Clara Hochstetler Klass. Mr. Klass was a member of the Jefferson Baptist Church in Coal City. He is survived by his widow, Susie Leohr Klass, two daughters, Mrs. Parker (Dorothy) Shouse of Coal City, and Mrs. Fred (Bessie) VanDeventer of Beech Grove; one son, Herman Klass, R. R. 2, Coal City; two brothers, Earl Klass of Coal City, and Luther Klass, R. R. 1, Coal City; four sisters, Atha Stantz of New York, Lourilla Reynolds of Coal City, Christine Fulk of Coal City, and Lillie Halderman of Worthington; six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the Schoppenhorst Funeral Home in Clay City at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. Ted Miller was the officiating minister.Interment was in the Fiscus Cemetery, southeast of Coal City.
RITES SATURDAY AT CLAY CITY
John W. Klass, retired miner and farmer who lived on R. R. 2, Coal City, died suddenly at his home at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 29. He was 84 years old. He had been ill the past two months. Mr. Klass retired as an employee of the Maumee Colliery Company in 1945. He was born in Owen County April 3, 1886, the son of Klamans Klass and Clara Hochstetler Klass. Mr. Klass was a member of the Jefferson Baptist Church in Coal City. He is survived by his widow, Susie Leohr Klass, two daughters, Mrs. Parker (Dorothy) Shouse of Coal City, and Mrs. Fred (Bessie) VanDeventer of Beech Grove; one son, Herman Klass, R. R. 2, Coal City; two brothers, Earl Klass of Coal City, and Luther Klass, R. R. 1, Coal City; four sisters, Atha Stantz of New York, Lourilla Reynolds of Coal City, Christine Fulk of Coal City, and Lillie Halderman of Worthington; six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the Schoppenhorst Funeral Home in Clay City at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. Ted Miller was the officiating minister.Interment was in the Fiscus Cemetery, southeast of Coal City.
Unknown Newspaper, August 6, 1970
RITES SATURDAY AT CLAY CITY
John W. Klass, retired miner and farmer who lived on R. R. 2, Coal City, died suddenly at his home at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 29. He was 84 years old. He had been ill the past two months. Mr. Klass retired as an employee of the Maumee Colliery Company in 1945. He was born in Owen County April 3, 1886, the son of Klamans Klass and Clara Hochstetler Klass. Mr. Klass was a member of the Jefferson Baptist Church in Coal City. He is survived by his widow, Susie Leohr Klass, two daughters, Mrs. Parker (Dorothy) Shouse of Coal City, and Mrs. Fred (Bessie) VanDeventer of Beech Grove; one son, Herman Klass, R. R. 2, Coal City; two brothers, Earl Klass of Coal City, and Luther Klass, R. R. 1, Coal City; four sisters, Atha Stantz of New York, Lourilla Reynolds of Coal City, Christine Fulk of Coal City, and Lillie Halderman of Worthington; six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the Schoppenhorst Funeral Home in Clay City at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. Ted Miller was the officiating minister.Interment was in the Fiscus Cemetery, southeast of Coal City.
RITES SATURDAY AT CLAY CITY
John W. Klass, retired miner and farmer who lived on R. R. 2, Coal City, died suddenly at his home at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 29. He was 84 years old. He had been ill the past two months. Mr. Klass retired as an employee of the Maumee Colliery Company in 1945. He was born in Owen County April 3, 1886, the son of Klamans Klass and Clara Hochstetler Klass. Mr. Klass was a member of the Jefferson Baptist Church in Coal City. He is survived by his widow, Susie Leohr Klass, two daughters, Mrs. Parker (Dorothy) Shouse of Coal City, and Mrs. Fred (Bessie) VanDeventer of Beech Grove; one son, Herman Klass, R. R. 2, Coal City; two brothers, Earl Klass of Coal City, and Luther Klass, R. R. 1, Coal City; four sisters, Atha Stantz of New York, Lourilla Reynolds of Coal City, Christine Fulk of Coal City, and Lillie Halderman of Worthington; six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the Schoppenhorst Funeral Home in Clay City at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. Ted Miller was the officiating minister.Interment was in the Fiscus Cemetery, southeast of Coal City.
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