Klassen, Bernhard J. (1886-1970)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1970 Oct 29 p. 8

Birth date: 1886

Text of obituary:

Newton and Vicinity

Bernhard J. Klassen, 84, for many years an automobile dealer at Goessel, died Oct. 24 at the Bethesda Hospital. The funeral was conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Goessel Mennonite Church, of which he was a charter member. Rev. Henry Goossen, the pastor, officiated. Mr. Klassen married Lena Unger at Hillsboro in 1911. In 1964 he and his wife entered the Salem Home in Hillsboro, and in July 1969 they moved to the Bethesda Home at Goessel. Mrs. Klassen died in March of this year. Survivors include a son, Albert, of Hesston, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.