Mildred M. Klett, 98, Spencer

Private family services for Mildred M. Klett were held Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, at the Warner Chapel in Spencer, with Pastor Perry DeGroot officiating.

Casket bearers were Allison Cooke, Shanda Hummel, Leah Lupkes, Austin Klett, Jon Hummel, Mitch Lupkes and Adam Cooke. Interment was in the First Reformed Cemetery of rural Everly. Warner Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements.

Mildred Martena Klett, the daughter of Marten and Anna (Bleeker) Roskens, was born July 15, 1922 on the family farm north of Everly. She attended grade school in Waterford Township and later graduated from Everly High School in 1940. That summer she attended Buena Vista College and received her teaching certificate. Mildred taught country school for three years.

Mildred married Donald Klett on March 7, 1942 in South Sioux City, Neb. and together they lived on a farm northwest of Everly. In 1960, they purchased the Roskens farm. In 1990, Mildred purchased a Green Acres home and moved there from Dec. 6, 1990 until 2014 when she entered Riverview Terrace Assisted Living in Spencer. When they could no longer meet her needs, in 2019 she moved to Northshire Residence until the time of her passing.

She was a member of the First Reformed Church north of Everly until the church closed in 1993, when she transferred her membership to Hope Reformed Church in Spencer. Mildred taught Sunday school, played for church services and was service chairman of the Ladies Aid. She also volunteered at Northshire Residence for several years. Mildred loved to garden, bake and sew quilts. She was so thankful she shared the grandchildren’s graduations and marriages. She loved her great-grandchildren.

Mildred passed away at Northshire Residence on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, at the age of 98. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Donald, in 1989; brothers and wives: Eite and Rosetta Roskens, Evert and Ruth Roskens, Herman Roskens, and Harold and Viola Roskens; sister, Marie and Norman Wood; in-laws: Forrest and Darlene Klett, Dale Klett, Duane and Jeannine Klett, Delma Terpstra, Myrl and Cleone Farquhar, Jerry and Diana Klett, and Janice and Loren Wilson.

Left to cherish her memory are her children: Linda Klett, of Plymouth, Minn.; Karen and her husband, Patrick, of Hartford, S.D.; and Gary and his wife, Marcia, of Everly; four grandchildren: Allison and husband, Adam Cooke, of Sheldon; Shanda and her husband, Jon Hummel, of Grimes; Leah and husband, Mitch Lupkes, of Rock Rapids; and Austin Klett, of Sheldon; eight great-grandchildren; one brother-in-law, Dick Terpstra, of Spencer; several nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.