Obituary

NEWTON & VICINITY.
Funeral services for Frederick Klaassen, 92, now of Newton and formerly of rural Whitewater, were scheduled for June 25 at Grace Hill Mennonite Church, rural Newton. James Voth officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. A native of Whitewater, Klaassen was a retired farmer who had lived at Bethel Home for the Aged, Newton, the past two years. Survivors include one son, Melvin of Whitewater; one sister, Edna Ferguson of Wichita; four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. His wife, the former Hanna Harms, preceded him in death in 1975.
(MWR 25 June 1987 p. 12) Information thanks to Adalbert Goertz.