Brother J. Roland Klassen, FSC, of Memphis, a member of the business faculty at Christian Brothers University, died of complications from diabetes Friday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, Fla. He was 64. He had taught accounting at CBU since 1977, where he also served as treasurer. He was a former teacher at Christian Brothers high schools in Wisconsin, Missouri, Ohio and New Mexico. He was a graduate of St. Mary's College in Winona, Minn., and received a master's degree in business from St. Louis University. He also was a member of the National Association of College and Business Officers and American Accounting Association. Brother Jim Roszak met Brother Klassen in Wisconsin, during the latter's first year of teaching. Brother Klassen grew up on a farm in Minnesota. "He was 5-foot-10, but kind of a big man. . . Big hands, farmer hands," Roszak said. "The kids were in awe of him." Brother Klassen had a difficult time getting into the religious order because of his diabetes, Roszak said. Brothers were expected to follow a physically demanding schedule, so those with medical problems commonly weren't accepted, he said. But Klassen perservered. In 1956, he was accepted. He went on to teach. He came to Memphis in the late 1970s. In 1985, he had to have a leg removed. A prothesis took its place. "He recovered quite well after that, even took up bicycling," Roszak said. (Published in The Commercial Appeal 10/29/1994)
Brother Jude Roland (William Klassen) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and entered the Novitiate in 1956 in Glencoe, Missouri. He died on October 28, 1994, in Tampa, Florida, the age of 64 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee.
William Joseph Klassen was born the son of Leo and Margaret Bearth Klassen on June 9, 1930, in St. Paul, Minnesota. William attended and graduated from Cretin High School in St. Paul and enrolled at Rasmussen Business School in St. Paul. For the next eight years he sought admission to the Brothers but was denied because of his diabetic condition but finally in 1956 he was accepted and on November 20, 1956, he received the habit and religious name of Brother Jude Roland. He graduated from St. Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota, in 1960 and was assigned to Lourdes High School in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, but the following year he was moved to Helias High School in Jefferson City, Missouri. In 1967 he was transferred to La Salle High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained until 1977, when he was assigned to Christian Brothers College in Memphis, Tennessee. He died of a heart attack while on retreat in Florida. Brother Jude Roland was sixty-four years old, having been a De La Salle Christian Brother for thirty-eight years.
Additional info by Br. Robert Werle
Brother Jude Roland (William Klassen) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and entered the Novitiate in 1956 in Glencoe, Missouri. He died on October 28, 1994, in Tampa, Florida, the age of 64 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee.
William Joseph Klassen was born the son of Leo and Margaret Bearth Klassen on June 9, 1930, in St. Paul, Minnesota. William attended and graduated from Cretin High School in St. Paul and enrolled at Rasmussen Business School in St. Paul. For the next eight years he sought admission to the Brothers but was denied because of his diabetic condition but finally in 1956 he was accepted and on November 20, 1956, he received the habit and religious name of Brother Jude Roland. He graduated from St. Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota, in 1960 and was assigned to Lourdes High School in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, but the following year he was moved to Helias High School in Jefferson City, Missouri. In 1967 he was transferred to La Salle High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained until 1977, when he was assigned to Christian Brothers College in Memphis, Tennessee. He died of a heart attack while on retreat in Florida. Brother Jude Roland was sixty-four years old, having been a De La Salle Christian Brother for thirty-eight years.
Additional info by Br. Robert Werle
Brother J. Roland Klassen, FSC, of Memphis, a member of the business faculty at Christian Brothers University, died of complications from diabetes Friday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, Fla. He was 64. He had taught accounting at CBU since 1977, where he also served as treasurer. He was a former teacher at Christian Brothers high schools in Wisconsin, Missouri, Ohio and New Mexico. He was a graduate of St. Mary's College in Winona, Minn., and received a master's degree in business from St. Louis University. He also was a member of the National Association of College and Business Officers and American Accounting Association. Brother Jim Roszak met Brother Klassen in Wisconsin, during the latter's first year of teaching. Brother Klassen grew up on a farm in Minnesota. "He was 5-foot-10, but kind of a big man. . . Big hands, farmer hands," Roszak said. "The kids were in awe of him." Brother Klassen had a difficult time getting into the religious order because of his diabetes, Roszak said. Brothers were expected to follow a physically demanding schedule, so those with medical problems commonly weren't accepted, he said. But Klassen perservered. In 1956, he was accepted. He went on to teach. He came to Memphis in the late 1970s. In 1985, he had to have a leg removed. A prothesis took its place. "He recovered quite well after that, even took up bicycling," Roszak said. (Published in The Commercial Appeal 10/29/1994)
Brother Jude Roland (William Klassen) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and entered the Novitiate in 1956 in Glencoe, Missouri. He died on October 28, 1994, in Tampa, Florida, the age of 64 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee.
William Joseph Klassen was born the son of Leo and Margaret Bearth Klassen on June 9, 1930, in St. Paul, Minnesota. William attended and graduated from Cretin High School in St. Paul and enrolled at Rasmussen Business School in St. Paul. For the next eight years he sought admission to the Brothers but was denied because of his diabetic condition but finally in 1956 he was accepted and on November 20, 1956, he received the habit and religious name of Brother Jude Roland. He graduated from St. Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota, in 1960 and was assigned to Lourdes High School in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, but the following year he was moved to Helias High School in Jefferson City, Missouri. In 1967 he was transferred to La Salle High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained until 1977, when he was assigned to Christian Brothers College in Memphis, Tennessee. He died of a heart attack while on retreat in Florida. Brother Jude Roland was sixty-four years old, having been a De La Salle Christian Brother for thirty-eight years.
Additional info by Br. Robert Werle
Brother Jude Roland (William Klassen) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and entered the Novitiate in 1956 in Glencoe, Missouri. He died on October 28, 1994, in Tampa, Florida, the age of 64 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee.
William Joseph Klassen was born the son of Leo and Margaret Bearth Klassen on June 9, 1930, in St. Paul, Minnesota. William attended and graduated from Cretin High School in St. Paul and enrolled at Rasmussen Business School in St. Paul. For the next eight years he sought admission to the Brothers but was denied because of his diabetic condition but finally in 1956 he was accepted and on November 20, 1956, he received the habit and religious name of Brother Jude Roland. He graduated from St. Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota, in 1960 and was assigned to Lourdes High School in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, but the following year he was moved to Helias High School in Jefferson City, Missouri. In 1967 he was transferred to La Salle High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained until 1977, when he was assigned to Christian Brothers College in Memphis, Tennessee. He died of a heart attack while on retreat in Florida. Brother Jude Roland was sixty-four years old, having been a De La Salle Christian Brother for thirty-eight years.
Additional info by Br. Robert Werle
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