Individual Details
Alvina Henrietta Welle
(August 20, 1918 - January 14, 2008)
Alvina H. "Vinie" Klaphake, 89
Melrose, Aug. 20, 1918 -- Jan. 14, 2008
Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 18 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Melrose for Alvina Klaphake who died Monday, January 14 in Pine Haven at Pine Villa Care Center in Melrose. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose.
Alvina Klaphake was born August 20, 1918 in Spring Hill Township, Stearns County, Minnesota to Hubert and Anna (Sand) Welle. On April 29, 1941 she married Frank Frankie Klaphake in Melrose. The couple farmed one mile north of Melrose. While Vinie was a young lady, she worked at the Melrose Hotel and later at the Hardware Hank in Melrose. Vinie enjoyed music and playing cards. She was a member of St. Marys Catholic Church in Melrose, Schanhaar-Otte VFW Post 7050 Auxiliary, and the Melrose Credit Union.
Survivors include her sons, Roger Klaphake (Carol) of Cold Spring, Ronald Klaphake (Penny) of Peoria, AZ, and Gary Klaphake (Carolyn) of Lafayette, CO; ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Vinie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Frank Klaphake on February 6, 2007; brothers Mike Welle, Henry Welle, Al Welle, Pete Welle, Bill Welle, and Hub Welle; sisters, Annie Thull, Pauline Meyer, and Rose Moening.
Melrose, Aug. 20, 1918 -- Jan. 14, 2008
Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 18 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Melrose for Alvina Klaphake who died Monday, January 14 in Pine Haven at Pine Villa Care Center in Melrose. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose.
Alvina Klaphake was born August 20, 1918 in Spring Hill Township, Stearns County, Minnesota to Hubert and Anna (Sand) Welle. On April 29, 1941 she married Frank Frankie Klaphake in Melrose. The couple farmed one mile north of Melrose. While Vinie was a young lady, she worked at the Melrose Hotel and later at the Hardware Hank in Melrose. Vinie enjoyed music and playing cards. She was a member of St. Marys Catholic Church in Melrose, Schanhaar-Otte VFW Post 7050 Auxiliary, and the Melrose Credit Union.
Survivors include her sons, Roger Klaphake (Carol) of Cold Spring, Ronald Klaphake (Penny) of Peoria, AZ, and Gary Klaphake (Carolyn) of Lafayette, CO; ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Vinie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Frank Klaphake on February 6, 2007; brothers Mike Welle, Henry Welle, Al Welle, Pete Welle, Bill Welle, and Hub Welle; sisters, Annie Thull, Pauline Meyer, and Rose Moening.
Events
| Birth | August 20, 1918 | Spring Hill Twp., Stearns Co., MN | |||
| Marriage | April 29, 1941 | Melrose, MN - Frank Bernard Klaphake | |||
| Death | January 14, 2008 | Melrose, Stearns Co., MN |
Families
| Spouse | Frank Bernard Klaphake (1912 - 2007) |
| Child | Roger Mathias Klaphake |
| Child | Ronald Lawrence Klaphake |
| Child | Gary Frederick Klaphake |
| Father | Hubert Stephen Welle (1873 - 1943) |
| Mother | Anna Sand (1877 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Christopher Ludwig Welle (1898 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Welle (1899 - 1899) |
| Sibling | Nicholaus J. Welle (1900 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Michael John Welle (1901 - 1983) |
| Sibling | Henry Nicholaus Welle (1903 - 1989) |
| Sibling | Alphonse Joseph Welle (1905 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Peter Martin Welle (1906 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Anna Marie Welle (1908 - 1991) |
| Sibling | Pauline Marie Welle (1909 - 2001) |
| Sibling | William Michael Welle (1912 - 1978) |
| Sibling | Hubert John Welle (1915 - 1981) |
| Sibling | Rose Catherine Welle (1916 - 2004) |