Louann Kleiss

Louann C. Kleiss age 78 of Fredericksburg died Wednesday, December 19, 2012, surrounded by her family at Mercy Medical Center in New Hampton. Funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. Sunday, December 23, 2012, at Peace United Church of Christ, Fredericksburg with Pastor Burt Williams presiding. Yvonne Lienau will be the organist playing for the congregation, 'Amazing Grace'. Janice Wendt and Sandra May will sing 'How Great Thou Art', following with the congregational hymn, 'Go My Children With My Blessing'. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg with Dustin Kleiss, Adam Kleiss, Samuel Kleiss, Timothy Kleiss, Sheriton Dettmer and Lucas Lenhart serving as pallbearers. Friends may greet the family 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. Saturday, December 22, 2012, at the Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home in Fredericksburg. Visitation continues an hour prior to the service at the church. Louann Clara Kleiss was born June 16, 1934, in Sumner, IA, the youngest child of Ernst and Clara (Bruns) Boedeker. Her mother died when she was two years old and was raised by aunts and a sister in the area. She was a 1952 graduate of the Fredericksburg High School where she met the love of her life, Hadwen Kleiss. On February 15, 1953, at the Peace United Church of Christ in Fredericksburg, she married Hadwen Arnold Kleiss. To this union three sons were born. For over 59 years, Louann was an integral part and a cornerstone to Stardell and HMCI farms near Fredericksburg. She was extremely skilled at milking cows and bookkeeping. Louann made everything run smoothly. Louann was driven and full of energy and pursued excellence from keeping track of the herd to keeping her husband well dressed. She will be remembered by her family as a great wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and farmer. Louann was an active member of the Peace Church having been president of the Ladies Circles, a president of the ‘Stop & Go Club’, a winner of the Distinguished Holstein Breeder Award, was a member of the Holstein Auxiliary and the Chickasaw County Women’s Pork Producers. Louann had served on the Dairy Day Board and was active in supporting the local school house project. Survivors include her husband of 59 years, Hadwen; three sons, Dale (Judy) Kleiss of New Hampton, Doug (Lisa) Kleiss, Gene Kleiss, all of Fredericksburg; eight grandchildren, Dustin (Emily) Kleiss of Lawler, Kaity Kleiss (Brad Theis) of Alexandria, VA, Emily (Lucas) Lenhart of Iowa City, Adam (Kayln) Kleiss of Fredericksburg, Sally Kleiss (Ben Timmer), Samuel Kleiss, Timothy Kleiss, all of Cedar Falls, Sheriton (Liza) Dettmer of Fredericksburg; three great-grandchildren, Harper Lenhart, Luis Rivera and Damian Rivera; one brother, Paul (Evelyn) Boedeker of Fredericksburg. She was preceded in death by her parents, her step-mother, Margaret Boedeker; one sister, Marion Boedeker; one brother, Roland Boedeker.