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Mary Kleitsch
MARY L. KLEITSCH
Monticello
Mary L. Kleitsch, 88, of Monticello, died Wednes-day, Nov. 18, 2015, at Northbrook Care Center,
Cedar Rapids. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at Kramer Funeral Home in Monticello. Funeral services
will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at First Presby-terian Church in Monti-cello, with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Pastor Al Polito will officiate.
Mary was born Oct. 29, 1927, in Monticello, the daughter of Fritz and Ethel (Winch) Marugg. She married Carl Kleitsch on March 6, 1964, in Mount Carroll, Ill. She worked at Georgia Pacific in Monticello for over 30 years.
Mary was an avid bicyclist who, together with Carl, rode RAGBRAI 15 times. Halloween and Christmas were their favorite holidays. She enjoyed quilting, crafts, sewing, cooking/baking and popping corn at Regions Bank. She especially loved spending time with her family and was a member of the Presbyterian Pie Service.
Mary always had a smile and was always "fit as a fiddle."
Survivors include her children, Lois Newholm of Marion and Debra (Dave) Meyers of Frisco, Texas; a daughter-in-law, Linda Bauer of Monticello; grandchildren, Jeff (Lisa) Bauer, Cory Bauer, Troy (Brandy) Bauer and Chelsea, Kathryn and Nicholas Meyers; great-grandchildren, Lexi, Rylee and Breanna Bauer and Chase Bauer; siblings, Helen (Dave) Sackett of Anamosa, Margaret Faust of Edgewood and Charlotte (Dale) Lowrey of Fostoria, Ohio; and in-laws, Marion Marugg and Peggy Marugg, both of Kentucky, and Leona Onken, Sister Ruth Kleitsch and Wilfred (Rita) Kleitsch, all of Monticello, and Edwin and Irvin Kleitsch and Marion (Bob) Hosch, all of Cascade.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Carl Kleitsch, in 2014; two sons, Charles Bauer and Danny Bauer; a son-in-law, Craig Newholm; siblings, Robert (Irene), Russell, John, James and Fritz Marugg; and in-laws, Alve Onken, Doloris Kleitsch, Carol Kleitsch, Darlene Marugg, Bud Bader and Loren Faust.
Memorials are preferred to First Presbyterian Church of Monticello.
Information available and condolences accepted at www.kramer
funeral.com.
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