Mildred I. Klassen
Obituary
Mildred I. Klassen, 92, of Winfield, passed away Friday
evening, Dec. 13, 2013, at Cumbernauld Village in Winfield.
Born on Nov. 18, 1921, in Sedgwick, she was the daughter of
Eugene and Anna (Buller) Myers. Her parents divorced when she was five, and she
lived with the Anna Suderman family for the next five years. She then lived
with John and Helene Kopper of rural Whitewater. She attended Kellas grade
school and Plum Grove grade school. Mildred graduated from high school at
Hesston College and Academy. She later graduated from Bethel Deaconess Hospital
School of Nursing in August of 1944.
She was united in marriage to J. Herschel Klassen on Sept.
3, 1933, in Whitewater. They spent the first two years in Dodge City and later
San Antonio, Texas, while Herschel was in the military. While in Dodge City,
she was employed for Marion County as a public health nurse. Mildred worked in
El Dorado at the Susan B. Anthony hospital as a RN. She was the director of
nursing at the Peabody Nursing Home.
They later moved to the Burns community and farmed for six
years. In 1952 they moved to Whitewater. Mildred worked at the Bethel Deaconess
Nursing Home in Newton and retired as activities director in 1984. The couple
then moved to Winfield. Mr. Klassen preceded her in death on Nov. 3, 2007.
Mildred was baptized upon the confession of her faith at the
Emmaus Mennonite Church and became a member there in 1937. She was a member of
the Cornerstone Bible Fellowship Church. She enjoyed painting on items that
Herschel made while woodworking, putting together jigsaw puzzles and china
painting.
Her family includes: her son, Thomas S. Klassen and wife,
Elaine of Aurora, Colo.; her daughters, Janice I. Kindt and husband, Charles of
Newkirk, Okla., and Donna L. Bogner and husband, Mark of Winfield; her
daughter-in-law, Mary Klassen of Florida; her grandchildren: Angela Gondzi,
Sherman C. Klassen, Harry K. Kindt, Stevie Simpson, Derek Cunningham, Kasi
Lauderdale and Jacob L. Klassen; and her great-grandchildren, Ejay, Jaden, Kai,
Marley, Taryn, Kaitlin, Mackenzie, Kathryn, Charles, Isabela, Nicolas, Chloe
and Brielle, and Jacob and Kaitlin.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in
death by her son, Sherman H. Klassen; her daughter-in-law, Diania Klassen; her
great-grandson, Brennan Lauderdale; her brother, William Myers; and her
sisters, Louise Hebert and Ruby Stucky.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18,
2013, at Miles Funeral Service in Winfield. Interment will follow at Rose
Valley Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. The
family will greet friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
A memorial has been established in Mildred's name for Harden
Hospice. Contributions may be made through the funeral home.
Online condolences may be made at
www.milesfuneralservice.com.
