Gregory Francis Klostermann ¹

  General Notes:

Funeral services were held at St. Henry's Catholic church Friday for Gregory F. Klosterman, 55, who died while fighting a prairie fire on the Upper Souris game refuge north of Foxholm. Rev. Father Kopp officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers were Herman Koetter, James Sinclair, John Dufner, Herbert Streitz, George Mittendof and Joe Eckert.

He had been a resident of Muskego township, Renville county for 37 years.

Mr. Klosterman was born in Minnesota on Oct. 27, 1886.

Survivors include his wife and seven children, Peter, 27 years old, Minot; Raymond, 25, Fort Lewis, Wash.; Dale, 17; Patrick, 14; Leona, 11; Lowell, 9; Wayne, 4, all at home.

Also his mother at Webster, Wis., and four sisters, Mrs. Oscar Nelson and Mrs. Harry Nelson of Webster, S. Dak.; Mrs. Herman Koetter, Lansford, and Mrs. C. W. Bar, Mitchell, S. Dak., and four brothers, Clem of Glenburn, Frank of Davis, Okla., John of Copperas Cove, Tex., and Edward of Minot.

His father passed away in 1915, and one brother, Joe, died in 1939. ²

  Noted events in his life were:

• United States Census: Residence, 1930, Muskego, Renville County, North Dakota, USA. ³

• United States Census: Residence, 1940, Muskego, Renville County, North Dakota, USA.

Gregory married Frances Anna Book. (Frances Anna Book was born about 1904 in Iowa, USA.)

Gregory next married Teresa Streitz. (Teresa Streitz was born on 12 Feb 1888 in Minnesota, USA, died on 22 Nov 1918 in Renville County, North Dakota, USA and was buried in Saint Henry's Cemetery, Renville County, North Dakota, USA.)