Audrey Jewel Klein
Born: March 3rd, 1921
Died: May 9th, 2015
Obituary
Audrey Jewel Klein, 94, of Burlington, died at 5:00 PM Saturday, May 9, 2015, at the Blair House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Burlington.
Born March 3, 1921, in Argyle, IA, she was the daughter of Louis and Clesta Derr Westermeyer. In June of 1940 she married Winton E. Gillaspey in Argyle. He died in WW II in 1945. On June 4, 1949, she married Arnold G. Klein in Burlington. He died November 17, 1980.
Audrey was a homemaker.
She was a 1940 graduate of Argyle High School where she was the Valedictorian.
She was a member of Zion United Church of Christ, Burlington Golf Club, Elks Lodge #84, the Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge Ladies Auxiliary and numerous bridge clubs. She enjoyed sports, sewing, crocheting, golfing, and mushroom hunting. She was an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan and Burlington Bees fan. She was the queen of Thanksgiving for her family for 53 years.
Survivors include two daughters, Becky Adams of Burlington, and Bonney Lord of Joplin, MO; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren, one brother, Melvin Westermeyer of Keokuk, IA; and 27 nieces and nephews.
Besides her husbands, she was preceded in death by her parents, one son, Arthur "Art" Klein, five brothers, and two sisters.
Cremation has been entrusted to the care of Thielen Crematory.
Visitation will be from 8:00 AM until 10:30 AM with the family to receive friends from 9:30 AM until 10:30 AM Thursday, May 14, 2015, at Thielen Funeral Home.
The memorial service for Mrs. Klein will be 10:30 AM Thursday, May 14, 2015, at Thielen Funeral Home with Reverend Brice Hughes officiating. Burial will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery. A time of food and fellowship will be held at Zion United Church of Christ following the burial.
Memorials have been established for Zion United Church of Christ and Great River Hospice. - See more at: http://www.thielenfuneralhome.com/obituary/Audrey-Jewel-Klein/Burlington-IA/1506990#sthash.8U0dXCbA.dpuf