Jeraldine F. Klose, Hillsboro
Jeraldine F Klose Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information (jostfuneralhome.com)
December 30, 1934 - April 13, 2022
Hillsboro - Jeraldine Klose, 87, passed away April 13, 2022 at Salem Home in Hillsboro. She was born December 30, 1934 southeast of Peabody to Edward and Freda (Dohner) Hess.
She married Albert Klose May 29, 1952 in Peabody.
Survivors include granddaughters Crystal Hicks Eason of Meade, Sunshine Hicks of Meade; grandson Josh Taylor of Larned; great-grandchildren JolleeAnn Hicks, Crissma Taylor, Tessa Eason.
Predeceased by husband Albert Klose in 2016; son Duane Klose in 2005; daughter Jo Ann Rose Klose Hicks in 2005.
Celebration of Life service 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at Zion Lutheran Church in Hillsboro officiated by Rev. John Werner.
Memorials to Zion Lutheran Church P.A. System in care of Jost Funeral Home, P.O. Box 266 Hillsboro, KS 67063.
Online condolences at www.jostfuneralhome.com.
Life Sketch Taken from the Funeral Bulletin
Jeraldine “Jeri” Klose was born December 30, 1934, to Roy and Freda (Dohner) Hess. It was a cold, snowy, and icy morning outside of Peabody, Kansas.
Jeri has six other siblings, brothers Jim, Joe, and Don, sisters Mary, Florence (Tootsie), and the baby, Patsy L. Ann.
Jeri attended Peabody High School and graduated in 1952.
Jeri met Albert Klose on July 3, 1951, for a coffee in Marion, KS. In September, grandma worked a 12-hour shift at the Bax Car Café. She asked Al for a ride home; he was back Sunday afternoon, and the rest is history.
On May 29th, 1952, Jeri married the love of her life, Albert “Al” Klose, in Peabody at the Methodist Parsonage by Rev D. Fry. The first home they shared was in Tampa, Kansas.
The first bundle of joy, JoAnn Rose Klose Hicks was born on October 30, 1952. Grandma and Grandpa were very excited that their girl was the second baby born at St. Luke Hospital.
The first Thanksgiving as a family of three, they were snowed in four days. They had planned on going to Peabody, so they did not shop. They had two potatoes, one-half loaf of bread, and four slices of bacon. Al and Lenard went out and fed the cattle and then shot a pheasant, for dinner. A half pumpkin pie was given to them, by Pearl. They did not make it to town, until the first Sunday in December. Pat, do you remember being put up on the refrigerator in our home in Tampa? Florence, how long has it been since you rode in a truck hauling wheat during harvest?
A few years later the second bundle of joy, Duane Ray Klose, was born on 9/28/1955, at St. Luke Hospital Marion, KS. On November 1, 1955, the family of four moved to Florence, Kansas to work for John DeForest. It was a very bitter cold day, and before they could get everything moved in, it began to snow. The only room in the house they could keep warm was the bathroom.
Jeri and Al, settled in Hillsboro, Kansas, buying their first home in 1957.
Beginning in May, Al drove a truck for the Milk Producers, Inc. This is the first time Duane got lost. JoAnn, Duane, and the neighbor kid walked the block and half to the grocery store and Duane followed a dog and the girls walked on home. I could continue to record the wonderful stories that grandma has scripted but we will move on to her involvements.
Jeri was a very hard and dedicated worker and volunteer. She worked as a waitress, EMT, and Sunday school teacher. Her career was making people’s dreams come true as a real estate agent. Even her eldest granddaughter, Crystal, was helped to buy her first home.
Jeri loved to volunteer and was a life member of the VFW Legion Auxiliary 526. Any activity that the Legion has put on Grandma was in the trenches making it happen.
Her other passion is the Zion Lutheran Church. Her faith was impeccable as well as the influence of faith on anyone she encountered. Jeri had a vision, and that dream came true when the addition to the Zion Lutheran church was completed including a new kitchen. She desperately wanted to be in charge there.
Jeri became a grandma on May 23, 1974. Her daughter JoAnn and husband Earl gave birth to Crystal Marie Hicks. Her son Duane had a son, Joshua Taylor, on 2/14/1975, born at St. Luke Hospital in Marion, KS. The third grandchild, Sunshine Francis Hicks, was born on 7/31/1980 at St. Luke Hospital, to Earl and JoAnn.
Grandma had quite that adventurous side to her. She enjoyed telling stories about riding motorcycles and racing them. She would take off with a group and go to OK for the weekend and let the wild side ring. She never told us about her riding a motorcycle enjoyment until she moved into Salem. We like to give Grandma flack, that we knew we all got our wild and adventurous side from her.
Jeri’s faith was indescribable as she lost her son, Duane, to ascending aorta aneurysm, on January 13, 2005. She then lost her daughter to colon cancer on June 23, 2005.
Albert and Jeri spent their time playing cards, gambling, and playing bingo. Boy, they loved to play bingo.
Then came along the start of great-grandkids. On August 13, 2010, came JoleeAnn Rose, daughter of Sunshine Hicks. Grandma could not wait to get her hands on the baby girl. When Sunshine came to, the first person she saw was Grandma. Grandma and Grandpa could not get enough of the great-grands. Then came Carisma, Duane, granddaughter Tessa JoAnn Eason was born on June 6, 2013, to Robert and Crystal Eason.
On November 8, 2014, Jeri lost the love of her life, Al, to prostate, bladder, and lung cancer.
Grandma devoted her time to supporting VA veterans, the church, the Legion, the American Cancer Society, and traveling the states with her sisters, and Aunt Lavaughn. Grandma would travel out and spend time with Crystal, Sunshine, Joey, and Tessa. Some of the most amazing memories were made at the park, in the kitchen, and around the dining room table.
In April of 2018, Jeri moved into Salem Home after a fall and hip fracture. She thrived in that environment. She was the social butterfly of the facility. She would lead residents in exercise groups, bible studies, and stamp collections, and of course, she played bingo. She collected games and activities to do with Joey and Tessa. The staff at Salem became her other family. She would just rave about the care, the whirlpools, and the activities. “I could not be treated better anywhere by anyone.” The sisters and “her girls” would visit as much as we could. Grandma had the red carpet rolled out for her with exceptional treatment up to the time she joined her heavenly father, her love, and her children.
Jeraldine passed peacefully, on April 13, 2022, at Salem Home in Hillsboro, Kansas.
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