Klassen, Betty Laverne Strout (1934-1953)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1953 Aug 6 p. 5

Birth date: 1934

text of obituary:

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— Graveside services are to be held at Greenwood cemetery Friday afternoon for Mrs. Leland W. Klassen, 19, and infant daughter of Hutchinson. Mrs. Klassen, the former Betty Laverne Strout of Newton, died at Grace hospital in Hutchinson early Tuesday of bulbar polio, 12 hours after her child was stillborn. Survivors include her husband and a 20 month old daughter, Katherine Laverne; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Strout, and parents-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Klassen, all of Newton; and eight brothers and sisters.