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Clara Catherine <I>Acker</I> Kleman

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Clara Catherine Acker Kleman

Birth
Nazareth, Castro County, Texas, USA
Death
17 Jul 2002 (aged 86)
Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA
Burial
Nazareth, Castro County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
South H-5
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(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, July 19, 2002)

Rosary will be at 7:30 p.m. today in Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel, 4100 S. Georgia St., with Monsignor Joseph Tash of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church officiating. Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Holy Family Catholic Church in Nazareth. Burial will be in Holy Family Cemetery in Nazareth.

Mrs. Kleman was born April 14, 1916, in Nazareth, to Philip H. Acker and Gertrude A. Behren Acker. She graduated from Nazareth High School in 1931. She served as a WAVE for three years during World War II, 1942-1945.

She married Harry H. Kleman on Feb. 16, 1969, in St. Anthony's Church in Hereford. She worked at Pantex, Dimmitt Bank and Pioneer Natural Gas Co. in Hereford.

She served more than 3,000 hours as a volunteer at St. Anthony's Hospice, Veteran's Hospital, Food Bank and helping neighbors and friends, and Catholic Family Service. She was a Catholic and a member of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Amarillo.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1980; her parents; a sister, Alice; and two brothers, Herman Acker and Paul Acker.

Survivors include four sisters, Emma Moser and husband, Willard, of Summerfield, Doris Britten and husband, Tom, of Groom, Margaret Gallagher of Olton and Phyllis Podzemny and husband, Gene, of Sedan, N.M.; three brothers, Anthony Acker and wife, Angela, of Nazareth, and David Acker and wife, Mary, and Denis Acker and wife, Irene, all of Amarillo; and numerous nieces and nephews.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, July 19, 2002)

Rosary will be at 7:30 p.m. today in Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel, 4100 S. Georgia St., with Monsignor Joseph Tash of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church officiating. Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Holy Family Catholic Church in Nazareth. Burial will be in Holy Family Cemetery in Nazareth.

Mrs. Kleman was born April 14, 1916, in Nazareth, to Philip H. Acker and Gertrude A. Behren Acker. She graduated from Nazareth High School in 1931. She served as a WAVE for three years during World War II, 1942-1945.

She married Harry H. Kleman on Feb. 16, 1969, in St. Anthony's Church in Hereford. She worked at Pantex, Dimmitt Bank and Pioneer Natural Gas Co. in Hereford.

She served more than 3,000 hours as a volunteer at St. Anthony's Hospice, Veteran's Hospital, Food Bank and helping neighbors and friends, and Catholic Family Service. She was a Catholic and a member of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Amarillo.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1980; her parents; a sister, Alice; and two brothers, Herman Acker and Paul Acker.

Survivors include four sisters, Emma Moser and husband, Willard, of Summerfield, Doris Britten and husband, Tom, of Groom, Margaret Gallagher of Olton and Phyllis Podzemny and husband, Gene, of Sedan, N.M.; three brothers, Anthony Acker and wife, Angela, of Nazareth, and David Acker and wife, Mary, and Denis Acker and wife, Irene, all of Amarillo; and numerous nieces and nephews.

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