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Kleinendorst, Beatrice C.
Beatrice C. Kleinendorst, 95, of Fairbank, formerly of 307 Lincoln St., Dysart, died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, at Parkview Assisted Living. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 7, at I.C. Church in Fairbank, with the Rev. Harry Koelker officiating. Visitation: 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Woods Funeral Home in Fairbank. Burial: Eagle Center Cemetery.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Theodore; five brothers, Edmund Schmitz, Raphael Schmitz, Adrian Schmitz, James Schmitz and Gerald Schmitz; and four sisters, Evarista Oberheu, Magdalen Reuter, Evelyn Schmitz and Elizabeth Kinney.
Born Feb. 1, 1916, in Acme, Iowa, the daughter of William J. and Mary Catherine Schmitz, she married Theodore Kleinendorst on Sept. 8, 1941, at St. John's Catholic Church in Waterloo. Beatrice and her husband owned Owatonna Glass and Paint in Owatonna, Minn., for 23 years, retiring in 1970.
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Published Nov. 5, 2011, in The Gazette
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