October 2, 1975
Ida M. Klaus Dies; Resident of Ponca City Since 1956
Mrs. Ida M. Klaus, 90, mother of Mrs. Opal Williams, 205 South Ash, died Wednesday night in St. Joseph Medical Center following a long illness.
Born July 17, 1885 at Etna, Missouri, she received her education there and was married in August 1903, at Cedarvale, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Klaus ranched in the Foraker area in Oklahoma Territory.
Later he worked in the oilfields near Borger, Texas, where he died in 1945. Mrs. Klaus continued to make her home there until coming to Ponca City in 1956 to live with her daughter, Mrs. (Lee) Williams.
Other survivors include 5 sons, Robert, John and Waite, all of Borger, and Calvin and Joe of Amarillo, Texas, four daughters, Mrs. Williams, Ponca City, Mrs. W.L. Wilkinson, Kerrville, Texas, Mrs. Dave Ellis, Disney and Mrs. Kern Janow, Borger, one brother, Tom Horn, Boston, Mass.; 39 grandchildren, including Mrs. Dave Ramsey, 920 North Osage, 82 great grandchildren, and four great great grandchildren.
The service will be 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of E.M. Trout and Sons Funeral Home. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery.
The family will be at the Williams residence, 205 N. Ash.
October 2, 1975
Ida M. Klaus Dies; Resident of Ponca City Since 1956
Mrs. Ida M. Klaus, 90, mother of Mrs. Opal Williams, 205 South Ash, died Wednesday night in St. Joseph Medical Center following a long illness.
Born July 17, 1885 at Etna, Missouri, she received her education there and was married in August 1903, at Cedarvale, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Klaus ranched in the Foraker area in Oklahoma Territory.
Later he worked in the oilfields near Borger, Texas, where he died in 1945. Mrs. Klaus continued to make her home there until coming to Ponca City in 1956 to live with her daughter, Mrs. (Lee) Williams.
Other survivors include 5 sons, Robert, John and Waite, all of Borger, and Calvin and Joe of Amarillo, Texas, four daughters, Mrs. Williams, Ponca City, Mrs. W.L. Wilkinson, Kerrville, Texas, Mrs. Dave Ellis, Disney and Mrs. Kern Janow, Borger, one brother, Tom Horn, Boston, Mass.; 39 grandchildren, including Mrs. Dave Ramsey, 920 North Osage, 82 great grandchildren, and four great great grandchildren.
The service will be 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of E.M. Trout and Sons Funeral Home. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery.
The family will be at the Williams residence, 205 N. Ash.
Family Members
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Carmen Inez Klaus Wilkinson
1904–1981
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Opal Mildred Klaus Williams
1905–2001
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William Horn "Blackie" Klause
1907–1973
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Theodore Abraham "Ted" Klause
1910–1972
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Bob Howard Klause Sr
1912–1999
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Alice Lucinda Klause Ellis
1915–1987
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Bonnie Estell Klaus Bishop
1917–1971
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Anna Jean Klaus Janow
1919–2006
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Lieut John Sheppard Klaus
1921–2004
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Waite Phillip "Spud" Klause
1923–2000
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Calvin Coolidge Klause
1925–2003
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Joe Austin Klause
1927–1988
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