Emma Klages
December 9, 1911 ~ July 6, 2008
Emma Klages, 96, of Miller, passed away Sunday, July 6, 2008 at the Miller Good Samaritan Center.
Funeral services were 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 11, 2008 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Miller with Rev. Robert Ohnstad officiating. Burial was in G.A.R. Cemetery, Miller. Visitation was 3:00-7:30 p.m., Thursday, July 10 with a 7:30 p.m. prayer service at Reck Funeral Home in Miller.
Emma Theresa was born on December 9, 1911 to Hans and Annie (Kroymann) Lorenz in Davison County, South Dakota. On December 31, 1932 Emma married Carl Fredrick Klages in Huron. They moved to Hand County and made their home there until moving into Miller in 1945.
Emma worked in the Miller Schools as a custodian and at the Good Samaritan Society Miller as an aide in addition to being a housewife. She also cared for elderly people in her home as well as in their homes.
She belonged to Trinity Lutheran Church and enjoyed gardening, fishing, cooking, playing piano and organ.
Grateful to have shared in Emma’s life are her children: Robert (Kay) Klages of Watertown and Kenneth (Pearl) Klages of Miller; daughter-in-law: Fran Klages of North Kingston, R.I.; brother: Edward Lorenz of Brookings; grandchildren: Rhonda (Steve) Blickensderfer, Susan (Robert) Dahl, Kathy (Mark) Testerman, Chad (Carissa) Klages, Cindy, Jeff, and Lori Klages; great grandchildren: Alex, Miranda, Katelynd, Brittany, Mallory, and Macey; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Carl; son Roger; brother Fred Lorenz; and sisters: Lillian Erfman, Edith Plummer and Marie Rummelhart.
Reck Funeral Home of Miller has been entrusted with Emma's arrangements.
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LORI KLAGES GRANDDAUGHTER
DAUGHTER OF DECEASED ROGER KLAGES.
MY GRANDPARENTS TOOK ME IN WHEN MY MOTHER AND FATHER COULD NOT TAKE CARE FOR ME. I SPENT ALMOST 5 YEARS WITH THEM, UNTIL JUST BEFORE MY THIRTEENTH BIRTHDAY. IF IT WERE NOT FOR LESSONS LEARNED WHILE I WAS WITH MY GRANDPARENTS AND FOR THE CLOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS, I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO MATURE AS AN ADULT AND LIVE A PRODUCTIVE LIFE.
GRANDMA KLAGES ALSO HAD 2 OTHER GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, MY DAUGHTERS MICHELLE AND JENNIFER ALONG WITH 2GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN JOSEPH AND REBEKAH KNOWLTON.
I’M HOPING TO MAKE IT TO MILLER TO SEE FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND TO PAY MY RESPECTS TO GRANDMA.
We shared many Klages family events with Emma present. She was a warm, outgoing personality who will be missed!