-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [GV] Freida Klein obit From: "Ken Leffler" <klef@starband.net> To: GER-VOLGA-L@rootsweb.com Fort Collins, Co. Coloradoan Freida Klein Published Saturday, February 23, 2002 Freida Klein, 89, of Loveland, died Monday, Feb. 18, 2002, at Loveland Good Samaritan Retirement Village. A funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at First Congregational Church. Viewing will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Allnutt Funeral Service Hunter Chapel in Loveland. Interment will be private. Freida Klein was born Aug. 15, 1912, in Johnstown to Henry Brehm and Magdalena Sterkel Brehm. She married Reinhold Klein on Feb. 26, 1933, in Loveland. He preceded her in death March 23, 1978. She was a resident of the Loveland area for 51 years after moving from Johnstown. She attended Lakeview Country School in Loveland. Mrs. Klein was a homemaker and an integral part of the success of the family farm. She retired from the farm in 1965 and moved into town. She was a longtime member of the First Congregational Church. She loved her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Survivors include a son Ronald and his wife, Joyce, Klein of Johnstown; three daughters, Darlene and her husband, Bernard, Depperschmidt of Loveland, Diane Klein of Loveland and Bonnie and her husband, Richard, Bernhardt of Yuma; nine grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Reinhold Klein; three brothers, Adam, Henry and Reuben Brehm; four sisters, Mollie Schmidt, Pauline Roth, Anna Adler and Helen Spade; and a daughter, Shirley A. Findley. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the First Congregational Church in Freida's name in care of Allnutt Funeral Service Hunter Chapel, 2100 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland, CO 80538.