Kathleen L. Renze
February 23, 1922 — January 16, 2015
Kathleen Lydia Klein was born February 23, 1922 to Peter and Mary (Romey) Klein at Templeton, Iowa.
At a dance in Halbur, Iowa, Kathleen was asked by a total stranger, LaVern Renze, for a dance, and she said yes. After that they began dating and were married May 6, 1946 at Holy Angels Church in Roselle, Iowa. To this marriage four children were born: David, Lloyd, Karen and Michael.
Kathleen was a loyal companion to her husband and helped him wherever she could on his Fuller Brush route. She also worked part-time in food service at Harlan Schools and at the Nursing Home in Avoca. She would substitute when they needed her for the schools.
Kathleen loved needle work - knitting, sewing, crocheting and quilting. She also enjoyed card club, reading and word puzzles.
In later years she planned their trips to Hawaii, a Caribbean cruise, and twelve bus tours that they both enjoyed.
Kathleen was a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church since 1961 and always lived her Catholic faith.
Kathleen died on January 16, 2015 at the age of ninety-two years, ten months, and twenty-four days. She was preceded in death by her parents Peter and Mary Klein; son David; brothers Clarence, Bernard, and Laverdes; and sisters Lorene Wiskerchen and Marie Riznicek.
She is survived by her husband of sixty-eight years, LaVern Renze of Harlan, Iowa; children: Lloyd Renze and his wife Joy of Des Moines, Iowa, Karen Hunter of Omaha, Nebraska, Michael Renze and his wife Josephine Columbus, Nebraska; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, daughter-in-law Jane Louise Renze of Chicago, Illinois; other family members and friends.
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At a dance in Halbur, Iowa, Kathleen was asked by a total stranger, LaVern Renze, for a dance, and she said yes. After that they began dating and were married May 6, 1946 at Holy Angels Church in Roselle, Iowa. To this marriage four children were born: David, Lloyd, Karen and Michael.
Kathleen was a loyal companion to her husband and helped him wherever she could on his Fuller Brush route. She also worked part-time in food service at Harlan Schools and at the Nursing Home in Avoca. She would substitute when they needed her for the schools.
Kathleen loved needle work - knitting, sewing, crocheting and quilting. She also enjoyed card club, reading and word puzzles.
In later years she planned their trips to Hawaii, a Caribbean cruise, and twelve bus tours that they both enjoyed.
Kathleen was a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church since 1961 and always lived her Catholic faith.
Kathleen died on January 16, 2015 at the age of ninety-two years, ten months, and twenty-four days. She was preceded in death by her parents Peter and Mary Klein; son David; brothers Clarence, Bernard, and Laverdes; and sisters Lorene Wiskerchen and Marie Riznicek.
She is survived by her husband of sixty-eight years, LaVern Renze of Harlan, Iowa; children: Lloyd Renze and his wife Joy of Des Moines, Iowa, Karen Hunter of Omaha, Nebraska, Michael Renze and his wife Josephine Columbus, Nebraska; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, daughter-in-law Jane Louise Renze of Chicago, Illinois; other family members and friends.
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