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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Klaus, Raymond Joseph
Raymond Joseph Klaus, 96, of Colesburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, at the Edgewood Convalescent Home. Funeral services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1, at the United Methodist Church in Colesburg. Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Leonard-Muller Funeral Home in Edgewood and after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Burial: Zion Cemetery, Colesburg.
Survivors include his wife, Rhea of Edgewood; two daughters, Joan Johnson of Jesup and Judy (Dale) Wilkins of Pendleton, Ore.; a foster son, Howard Bash of Oelwein; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; three foster grandchildren; seven foster great-grandchildren; and four foster great-great-grandchildren.
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