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Submitted: 7/12/21 • Approved: 7/12/21 • Last Updated: 7/15/21 • R436179-G436177-S3
Bob
1912-1999
Thelma
1912-1986
Together Forever
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Bob
BORGER - Bob H. Klause, 86, died Sunday, Sept. 19, 1999.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Brown Funeral Directors Chapel of the Fountains with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of Bible Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery.
Mr. Klause was born in Foraker, Okla., and had lived in Borger for 50 years. He was a member of First Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Thelma, in 1986 and a daughter, Carol Sue Klause, in 1956.
Survivors include four sons, Bob Klause Jr. and Joe Klause, both of Borger, Ronald Klause of Round Hill, Va., and Steve Klause of Canyon; a daughter, Sandra Laughery of Borger; three brothers, Waite Phillip Klause of Borger, Calvin Klause of Amarillo and John Klause of Fort Worth; two sisters, Jean Janow of Borger and Opal Williams of Austin; 14 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Amarillo Daily News - September 22, 1999
*Obituary Thelma
Thelma Mae Klause, 72, of 703 Missouri, died at 1:50 p.m., August 31, 1986, in Borger.
A homemaker, she was a native of Adona, Ark., and a Borger resident for 37 years.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Bob Klause, Sr., of the home; one daughter, Sandra Laughery of Borger; four sons, Ronald P. Klause of West Berlin, N.M., Bob H. Klause, Jr. of Borger, William S. Klause of Amarillo, Joseph D. Klause of Borger; one brother, Arthur Rienhart [sic] of Ponca City, Okla., and fourteen grandchildren.
She married Bob Klause, Sr., August 21, 1936 in Fairfax, Okla.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, in Alexander-Morton Chapel of Memories with Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of Bible Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will follow in Highland Park under the direction of Alexander-Morton Funeral Directors.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Tuesday, September 2, 1986)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Thelma Klause
Death Date: 31 Aug 1986
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Thelma Klause
Last Residence:
79007 Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Born: 1 Oct 1912
Died: Aug 1986
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