The funeral for Marie Klettke of Kulm will be Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, at 2 p.m. at the Congregational Church in Kulm.
Visitation will be Friday from 1 to 7 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Dahlstrom Funeral Home in Kulm.
Burial will be at the Congregational Cemetery in Kulm.
Marie Maggie Rall, daughter of Raymond and Ida (Pitt) Rall, was born March 5, 1922, in Redcliff, Alberta, Canada. She was baptized July 30, 1922, at the Evangelical Church in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. At the age of 2 , she came with her parents to the United States, where they lived in the Merricourt, N.D., area. Marie attended rural country schools in the Merricourt area and took high school through the Department of Correspondence of Study in Fargo, N.D. During the World War II years, she taught in rural schools south and east of Kulm.
Marie and William Klettke were married June 2, 1946, at the Kulm Zion Evangelical Church. They moved onto a farm seven miles southeast of Kulm and, in 1981, retired and moved into Kulm. Bill passed away December 1985.
Marie was a member of the United Methodist Women, Legion Auxiliary, Whitestone Friendship Club and the Senior Citizen Friendship Club. Marie liked working with family and school history and visiting places of interest. She enjoyed visiting and corresponding with family, friends and relatives. Marie enjoyed children, working with them and helping them in some way. Her school pupils were special to her remembering her in some event of some kind. Marvin, Thomas, Amanda and Bobby's visits meant so much to her.
Marie died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, at the Wishek Living Center in Wishek, N.D. She was 90 years old.
Marie is survived by two sons: Marvin Klettke of Kulm, and Thomas Klettke of Jamestown, N.D.; and two grandchildren: Amanda and Bobby Klettke of Kulm.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William; and her parents, Raymond and Ida Rall.
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Dahlstrom Funeral Home of Kulm has been entrusted with the arrangements.