GEORGE W. KLATT
George W. Klatt, 91, of 2024-25th St., Two Rivers, a retired longtime employe of the Hamilton Mfg. Co., and a familiar figure on Two Rivers’ streets as he pedaled his bicycle until he reached his eighties, died at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital late Friday afternoon where he had been a patient for a week.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Klein and Stangel, Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, the Rev. t. F. Stern officiating. Burial will be in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery.
Mr. Klatt was born at Milwaukee June 28, 1876, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Klatt. He married the former Susan Reichel, a native of Palatine, Ill., at Milwaukee Nov. 25, 1897. She preceded him in death April 13, 1966. The couple observed its 65th wedding anniversary in 1962.
Before coming to Two Rivers in 1904, the family lived at Brooklyn, N.Y.; Milwaukee and Manitowoc. Mr. Klatt was a machine operator at the Hamilton Mfg. Co. for 42 years, retiring in 1946. One of the community’s most ardent cyclists,
Mr. Klatt was in his eighties before he decided to go afoot. Active for years in the Golden Age Club at Two Rivers, he was honored by neighborhood children in early July this year as he observed his birthday.
Surviving Mr. Klatt are five daughters, Mrs. Jerry Pok, Mrs. Fred Keip and Miss Olive, all of Two Rivers, Mrs. Hugo Marx of Milwaukee and Mrs. Melvin Van Eycke, of Appleton; a son, Burton of Two Rivers; eight grandchildren, 22 great grand-children and one great-great grandchild.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Sat., August 12, 1967 P.5
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(28 June 1876/Aug. 1967/SSDI)
GEORGE W. KLATT
George W. Klatt, 91, of 2024-25th St., Two Rivers, a retired longtime employe of the Hamilton Mfg. Co., and a familiar figure on Two Rivers’ streets as he pedaled his bicycle until he reached his eighties, died at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital late Friday afternoon where he had been a patient for a week.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Klein and Stangel, Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, the Rev. t. F. Stern officiating. Burial will be in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery.
Mr. Klatt was born at Milwaukee June 28, 1876, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Klatt. He married the former Susan Reichel, a native of Palatine, Ill., at Milwaukee Nov. 25, 1897. She preceded him in death April 13, 1966. The couple observed its 65th wedding anniversary in 1962.
Before coming to Two Rivers in 1904, the family lived at Brooklyn, N.Y.; Milwaukee and Manitowoc. Mr. Klatt was a machine operator at the Hamilton Mfg. Co. for 42 years, retiring in 1946. One of the community’s most ardent cyclists,
Mr. Klatt was in his eighties before he decided to go afoot. Active for years in the Golden Age Club at Two Rivers, he was honored by neighborhood children in early July this year as he observed his birthday.
Surviving Mr. Klatt are five daughters, Mrs. Jerry Pok, Mrs. Fred Keip and Miss Olive, all of Two Rivers, Mrs. Hugo Marx of Milwaukee and Mrs. Melvin Van Eycke, of Appleton; a son, Burton of Two Rivers; eight grandchildren, 22 great grand-children and one great-great grandchild.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Sat., August 12, 1967 P.5
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(28 June 1876/Aug. 1967/SSDI)
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