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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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1930 - 2019 (89 years)