C. Marguerite Klein
C. Marguerite Klein, 90, retired
elementary teacher, died Sunday (Jan. 30, 2000) at Newton
Presbyterian Manor.
She was born April 5, 1909, in rural
Wichita to Lewis Jackson and Hettie Catharine (Loudenslager)
Nicholson. She married the Rev. Richard Stanley Klein Aug. 23, 1938,
in Maize. He preceded her in death July 24, 1974.
She worked four years for the State of
Kansas in social services and 17 years in the Ashland public school
system. She was a member of First United Presbyterian Church,
Presbyterian Women, Irene Circle and was elder of First United
Presbyterian Church, all of Newton, and the Retired Teachers
Association.
She was a former member of the American
Association of University Women.
Survivors include: three sons, Richard
S. Klein Jr. and Alford Don Klein, both of Plano, Texas, and Larry
Lee Klein of San Geronimo, Calif.; one sister, Ersa Walker of Newton;
and seven grandchildren.
She also was preceded in death by 10
brothers and sisters and one grandson.
Memorial services will be 2 p.m.
Tuesday at First United Presbyterian Church in Newton with Minister
Jim Anderson officiating.
Memorials have been established with
Newton Presbyterian Manor Good Samaritan Fund, Central Homecare and
Hospice and First United Presbyterian Church Scholarship Fund in care
of Petersen Funeral Home.
