Family/Spouse: SYRUWS, Susan Louise. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buffalo News, The (NY) - April 19, 2000
Deceased Name: IVAN R. KLETTKE, FIRE POLICE OFFICER
Ivan R. "Corky" Klettke , 72, an active member of the Bergholz Fire Company until his death, died Tuesday (April 18, 2000) in his home while under the care of Niagara Hospice. He was the founder of Klettke Land Surveyors and a member of the Niagara Frontier Land Surveyors Association. Klettke was born in Niagara Falls. He served in the U.S. Navy Seabees from 1950 to 1954 during the Korean War, and was a charter member of the Navy Seabees Veterans of America Island X-8, North Tonawanda. A member of Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, he had served as vice chairman, chairman, trustee, elder and membership chairman of the Lutheran Laymen's League. Klettke was a member of the Fire Police of the Bergholz Fire Company and a member of the Niagara County Fire Police Association. Klettke participated in the Bergholz Bowling League for 45 years and was a member of the Wheatfield American Legion Horseshoe League for about 12 years. He also enjoyed traveling. Survivors include his wife, the former Jean Camann; four sons, Neal of Sanborn, Russell of Chicago, Bart of Lewiston and Matthew; a sister, Florence Nevelson of Bridgeport, Conn.; and eight grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 A.M. Saturday in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, Niagara Road and Luther Street. Burial will be in Holy Ghost Lutheran Cemetery

Ivan married CAMANN, Jean Ruth on 12 Jul 1952 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Jean (daughter of CAMANN, Franklin A and JAGOW, Rosa Agathe Auguste) was born on 27 Apr 1930 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 7 Jul 2019 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jean Ruth (Camann) Klettke, age 89, joined the Church Triumphant on July 7, 2019 to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Born April 27, 1930, to Franklin and Rosa (Jagow) Camann; she grew up in Bergholz (Town of Wheatfield) NY.
Jean was a lifelong member of Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, attended Holy Ghost School and graduated from LaSalle High School. She enjoyed English (German was spoken at home), home economics and bookkeeping. When she was 16, she began working at Kresge's Department Store in Niagara Falls.
Jean married Ivan "Corky" Klettke on July 12, 1952 in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church. Following their marriage, they lived in California and Rhode Island as Corky fulfilled his naval enlistment. They returned to purchase their family home on part of Jean's family's homestead. They celebrated holidays with extended family and friends, except for July 4, when they served the community at the Bergholz Fire Company Field Days.
Jean and Corky enjoyed Sunday outings at Camp Pioneer in Angola. They took semi-annual vacations to Rhode Island, enjoyed family camping trips, winter trips to Florida and driving to Alaska as retirees in 1994.
For most of her life, Jean was a homemaker and mother. In later years, she served as secretary and bookkeeper in the family land surveying business. She volunteered as a Sunday school teacher, member of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League, Parent Teacher League and the Ladies' Aide Society. She held offices in the Bergholz Fire Company Ladies' Auxiliary and Historical Society of North German Settlements in Western NY, worked as elections inspector for the Niagara County Board of Elections, and was a member of the Valparaiso University Guild.
Jean is survived by her four sons, Neal (Sue), Russell, Bart (Gloria) and Matthew (Kareen); nine grandchildren, Lynette Boesken (Mark), Andy, Ted (Ariel, Erin, Cam, Joshua (engaged to Sarah Sorrentino), Kirsten, Noah and Amanda; two great-grandchildren, Stone and Pia Boesken; and three nieces, Gail Williamson (Rex), Elspeth Nevelson and Maria Nevelson. She is predeceased by her husband, Corky; and siblings, Edna McClenathan, Wilmer Camann and Marion Meitz.
Visitation will be held at the DuBois Funeral Home, 2436 Niagara Road, (Bergholz) in Wheatfield, NY 14304, on Monday (July 15) from 7-9 p.m. and Tuesday (July 16) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Christian service and burial will be held Wednesday (July 17) at 10:00 a.m. at Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, 6630 Luther Street (Bergholz), with the Rev. Denton White, officiating. Memorials may be made in Mrs. Klettke's name to the Holy Ghost Endowment Fund, or the Alzheimer's Association.

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Buffalo News, The (NY) - December 25, 1989
Services for Alex P. Klettke, a retired surveyor, will be conducted at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday in Trinity Lutheran Church, 1339 South Ave., Niagara Falls. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lewiston.
Klettke, 93, of Stoelting Street and formerly of Lewiston, died Friday (Dec. 22, 1989) in Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.
A native of Lydda, ILl., he moved to Niagara County 77 years ago. He served in the Army during World War I.
Klettke was a licensed land surveyor for Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. for 45 years until he retired in 1961. He also founded Klettke Land Surveyors in Bergholz.
He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Niagara Falls and the Niagara Mohawk Pioneers Club.
His wife, the former Ida M. Kanehl, died in 1978.
Survivors include a daughter, Florence Nevelson of Bridgeport, Conn.; a son, Ivan R. Klettke; two brothers, Walter G. Klettke of Sheboygan, WI., and Richard W. Klettke of Niagara Falls; a sister, Hattie Schroeder of Chisholm, MN; six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Alex + KANEHL, Ida M. Ida was born on 26 Oct 1899 in New York; died in Nov 1978. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 9/4/1963

NORTH TONAWANDA—
Franklin A. CamannP7?^, of
2487 Washington; ST. B'erg-
holtz, died.Tuesday (Sept. 3,
1963) in his home after a long
illness.
Mr. Camann was a member
of the Holy Qhost Lutheran
C h u r ch. aud the Lutheran
^aymali^TI^gtie7~a'nd a~ 25
Year Club member~of~ the
Carborundum Co. in Niagara
Falls.
' He is survived by his wife
Rosa Jagow Camann, a son,
Wilmer Camann; three daughters,
Mrs. Clarence (Edna) Mc-
C 1 e n a t h a n, Mrs. Norman
(Marion) Meitz^ and Mrs. Ivan
"(Jane)~~ Kloppke, all of Ni-
agara F a l l s ; five brothers,
William, of this city, John, Albert,
Edwin nad Harry, all of
-Niagara Falls, and five grand-
children.
Friends may call at the
Fretthold Funeral Home from
2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. where
services will be conducted
Thursday at 1:30 p.m. and in
Holy Ghost Lutheran Churchh
at 2 p.m.
Rev. Luther Meyer, pastor,
will officiate.
Burial will be in Holy Ghost
Lutheran Cemetery.

Franklin married JAGOW, Rosa Agathe Auguste on 19 May 1912 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Rosa (daughter of JAGOW, Charles Albrecht and ZIMMERMAN, Hulda Emilie) was born on 29 Oct 1890 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died in Nov 1973 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married HALLE, Wilhelmina J on 24 May 1894 in Adams County, IL. Wilhelmina was born in 1875 in IL; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married GRASSMAN, Helena Wilhelmina Emilie on 15 Apr 1875 in New York. Helena (daughter of GRASSMAN, Wilhelm and ZABEL, Helena Magdalene) was born on 9 Oct 1853 in Prussia; died on 12 Jan 1939 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bergholtz Woman Dies at 85 Years

BERGHOLTZ, Jan. 13 - Mrs. Emilie Camann, 85, died last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Julius Stoelting. of this village. She was born in the town of Wheafield and had resided there all her life. Besides the daughter, she is survived by seven sons, Charles, of Tonawanda. William and John, of Niagara Falls, Frank. Albert. Edwin and Harry, all of this village; one sister, Mrs. Henry Witkop, of Pekin. 32 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 pm. from the Stoelting home and at 2:30 from the Holy Ghost Lutheran church. The Rev. John Kuchenbecker will officiate and interment will be in Holy Ghost cemetery.

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Niagara Falls Gazette
JAGOW-In Bergholz, N. Y., January 24. 1938. Charles A. Jagow, beloved husband of Hulda; father of Rudolph Jagow, Albert and William De Vantier, of Town of Wheatfield, and John De Vantier, of Niagara Falls; Mrs. Frank Camann, Mrs. William Siegmann, Mrs. Charles Siegmann, all of Town of Wheatfield; brother of John Jagow, of North Tonawanda and Fred Jagow, of Town of Wheatfield. Funeral from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Camann. Thursday, Jan. 27, 1938, at 2 p. m. and from the Holy Ghost Lutheran church at 2:30. Interment in Holy Ghost cemetery. Flowers gratefully declined.

Charles married ZIMMERMAN, Hulda Emilie in 1889 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Hulda (daughter of ZIMMERMAN, Friedrich Wilhelm and SCHULZ, Charlotte Frederike) was born on 24 Jul 1857 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 7 Aug 1949 in Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 8/8/1949

BERGHOLTZ, Aug 8 - Mrs. Hulda
E. Jagow, 92, a lifelong resident of
this village, died last night at
Memorial hospital, Niagara Falls,
after a short illness. Mrs. Jagow
made her home with a daughter,
Mrs. Frank Camann. Washington
street. She was the wife of the
late Charles Jagow.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Camann and Mrs. William Sieg-
mann, of St. Johnsburg; three sons,
John DeVantier, Niagara Falls, Al-
bert and William DeVantier, this
village; 22 grandchildren and 19
great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the
Camann home and at 2:30 o'clock
at St. James church. The Rev.
Otto Bruss will officiate. Inter-
ment will be in St. James ceme-
tery. Flowers are gratefully de-
clined.
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