Kleese, Bertha L. (Hoyle) Deao

Bertha L. (Hoyle) Deao Kleese, 69, of Washington, died Monday, July 25, 2011, in Washington. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 28, at the Jones & Eden Funeral Home in Washington. Visitation will begin at noon Wednesday at the funeral home where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Interment: Elm Grove Cemetery.

Memorials have been established to Iowa City Hospice and Washington County Relay for Life.

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Bertha is survived by her daughter, Charlotte Arbogast and husband Steve of Unionville; son, James “Junior” Deao Jr. and wife Kate of Washington; daughter-in-law, Kathy Deao of Washington; six grandchildren; one great-grandson; and siblings, Delbert and Kay Hoyle of Washington, Paul and Karen Hoyle of Fairfield, Gene and Lori Hoyle of Washington, Glen and Jane Hoyle of Ainsworth, Marilyn and Dick Martin of Brighton, Kathryn and Dick Newman of Brighton, Donna and Beryl Rugg of Wayland, and Wayne and Amy Hoyle of Crawfordsville.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Darrel Deao; her second husband, Bob; one brother, Larry Edward; one sister, Luella Jane; two grandchildren; and her brother-in-law, Horst Joos.