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. Mary’s 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. Mary’s 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

BirthNovember 29, 1912St. Martin, MN
MarriageApril 29, 1941Melrose, MN - Alvina Henrietta Welle
DeathFebruary 6, 2007Melrose, Stearns Co., MN

Families

SpouseAlvina Henrietta Welle (1918 - 2008)
ChildRoger Mathias Klaphake
ChildRonald Lawrence Klaphake
ChildGary Frederick Klaphake
FatherFred Klaphake (1880 - 1951)
MotherVeronica Kersting (1880 - 1945)
SiblingWilliam Henry Klaphake (1904 - 1994)
SiblingTheodore Klaphake (1906 - )
SiblingLawrence H. Klaphake (1908 - 1995)
SiblingMagdalene Klaphake (1910 - )
SiblingMathias Bernard Klaphake (1915 - 1999)