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Martha Klein

Martha M. Klein, 91, died Jan. 15, 2007, at Salem Nursing Home, Hillsboro.

Born Oct. 7, 1915, at Lipscomb, Texas, she was the daughter of Jacob and Amalia (Peil) Koch.

On Oct. 11, 1936, she married Gotfrey "Skeeter" Klein at Lipscomb, Texas. He died in 1995.

She was a homemaker and member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Tampa.

Survivors include a son, Dennis Klein of Hillsboro; two daughters, Sharon and Gary Mueller of Hillsboro and Connie and Lynn Vajnar of Newton; two sisters, Linda Wiederstein and Gertrude Hanshu of Shattuck, Okla.; grandchildren, Dr. Jeffrey Mueller of Scottsdale, Ariz., Tonya Crawshaw and husband Chris of Wichita, Justin Vajnar and wife Melissa and Jennifer Vajnar, all of Newton; and five great-grandchildren, Tate, Sloane, Dylan, Jacob, and Maddey.

Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at St. John's Lutheran Church, Tampa, with the Rev. Clark Davis officiating.

Burial was in Durham Park Cemetery, rural Durham.

Memorial funds have been established with the church or Salem Nursing Home.

— paid obituary

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