Greeley Tribune Greeley, Colorado 10-13-01 village: Dittel Kathryn Klaus Kathryn Klaus, 92, of Greeley died Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Fairacres Manor after a long illness. Mrs. Klaus was born Sept. 23, 1909, in Bremen, Germany, to George and Dorothy (Rommel) Stroman, en route from Dittel, Russia, to the United States. She grew up in the Ault, Kersey and Gill areas and attended Lucas School. On July 30, 1931, she married John Klaus in Los Angeles where they had gone to attend Bible College. The couple lived in Milliken and Johnstown, moved to Oregon in 1946 and returned to Johnstown in 1971. They moved to Greeley in 1983, where Mrs. Klaus continued to live until her death. Her husband died in 1992. Mrs. Klaus enjoyed gardening, especially taking pride in her raspberries. She loved to cook, enjoyed making crafts and bird watching. She kept active and attended the Senior Center Senior Shape Up classes. In Oregon, she worked as a seamstress for several establishments that specialized in sports clothing and was a presser at another company. She also worked as the baker at Lincoln High School, a job she thoroughly enjoyed. Survivors are her daughter and son-in-law, Julia and Richard Rolfness; four sisters, Mollie Brug, Frieda Held, Esther Heil and Elsie Kinzer; and a brother, David Stroman. Five sisters, Mary Lofing, Elizabeth Fritzler, Emma Weinmeister, Lydia Hettinger and Claire Shogren, and a brother, Robert Stroman, are deceased. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Faith United Church of Christ in Windsor. Interment will be in Lakeview Cemetery, Windsor. Friends may visit from 1-3 p.m. Sunday at Stoddard Funeral Home.