Individual Details
Frank Bernard Klaphake
(November 29, 1912 - February 6, 2007)
Frank B. Frankie Klaphake, 94
Melrose
Nov. 29, 1912 Feb. 6, 2007
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, February 10 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Melrose for Frank Klaphake who died Tuesday, February 6 at Pine Villa Care Center in Melrose. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose.
Frank Klaphake was born November 29, 1912 in St. Martin to Fred and Veronica (Kersting) Klaphake. On April 29, 1941 he married Alvina Vinie Welle in Melrose. The couple farmed one mile north of Melrose. Frankie enjoyed old time music, dancing, and golf. He always had a smile for anyone waiting to share. He was a member of St. Marys Catholic Church in Melrose, Meadowlark Country Club in Melrose and the 4-H Club.
Survivors include his wife, Alvina Vinie Klaphake of Melrose; sons, Roger Klaphake (Carol) of Cold Spring, Ronald Klaphake (Penny) of Peoria, AZ, and Gary Klaphake (Carolyn) of Lafayette, CO; ten grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Frankie was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers and sister, William, Lawrence, Mathias, Theodore and Magdalen Wiener.
Melrose
Nov. 29, 1912 Feb. 6, 2007
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, February 10 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Melrose for Frank Klaphake who died Tuesday, February 6 at Pine Villa Care Center in Melrose. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose.
Frank Klaphake was born November 29, 1912 in St. Martin to Fred and Veronica (Kersting) Klaphake. On April 29, 1941 he married Alvina Vinie Welle in Melrose. The couple farmed one mile north of Melrose. Frankie enjoyed old time music, dancing, and golf. He always had a smile for anyone waiting to share. He was a member of St. Marys Catholic Church in Melrose, Meadowlark Country Club in Melrose and the 4-H Club.
Survivors include his wife, Alvina Vinie Klaphake of Melrose; sons, Roger Klaphake (Carol) of Cold Spring, Ronald Klaphake (Penny) of Peoria, AZ, and Gary Klaphake (Carolyn) of Lafayette, CO; ten grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Frankie was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers and sister, William, Lawrence, Mathias, Theodore and Magdalen Wiener.
Events
| Birth | November 29, 1912 | St. Martin, MN | |||
| Marriage | April 29, 1941 | Melrose, MN - Alvina Henrietta Welle | |||
| Death | February 6, 2007 | Melrose, Stearns Co., MN |
Families
| Spouse | Alvina Henrietta Welle (1918 - 2008) |
| Child | Roger Mathias Klaphake |
| Child | Ronald Lawrence Klaphake |
| Child | Gary Frederick Klaphake |
| Father | Fred Klaphake (1880 - 1951) |
| Mother | Veronica Kersting (1880 - 1945) |
| Sibling | William Henry Klaphake (1904 - 1994) |
| Sibling | Theodore Klaphake (1906 - ) |
| Sibling | Lawrence H. Klaphake (1908 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Magdalene Klaphake (1910 - ) |
| Sibling | Mathias Bernard Klaphake (1915 - 1999) |