Miriam Kleist
OGDEN – Miriam Kleist, 85, of Ogden passed away at 12:10 a.m. Thursday (Feb. 7, 2013) at the Champaign County Nursing Home, Urbana.
Funeral services will be noon Saturday, Feb. 9, at Freese Funeral Home, 302 E. Grand Ave., St. Joseph, with Pastor Kathy Murphy officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olive Cemetery, Mayview. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at the funeral home.
Miriam was born Feb. 24, 1927, in Fort Wayne, Ind., the daughter of Fred and Linda Jenkins. She married Leroy C. Kleist on Nov. 1, 1952, in Angola, Ind. He preceded her in death on April 7, 2006.
She is survived by three sons, Wayne (Helen) Kleist of Elkton, Ky., Allen (Jane) Kleist of Collierville, Tenn., and Carl (Deborah) Kleist of Gifford; one daughter, Vanessa (Stan) Cribbett of Urbana; nine grandchildren; and one sister, Betty Hefty of Auburn, Ind.
She was preceded in death by one son, parents and two brothers.
Miriam was a member of the United Methodist Church of Ogden. She enjoyed crochet and knitting and watching the Chicago Cubs. She was a member of the Eastern Star Ogden.
Funeral services will be noon Saturday, Feb. 9, at Freese Funeral Home, 302 E. Grand Ave., St. Joseph, with Pastor Kathy Murphy officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olive Cemetery, Mayview. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at the funeral home.
Miriam was born Feb. 24, 1927, in Fort Wayne, Ind., the daughter of Fred and Linda Jenkins. She married Leroy C. Kleist on Nov. 1, 1952, in Angola, Ind. He preceded her in death on April 7, 2006.
She is survived by three sons, Wayne (Helen) Kleist of Elkton, Ky., Allen (Jane) Kleist of Collierville, Tenn., and Carl (Deborah) Kleist of Gifford; one daughter, Vanessa (Stan) Cribbett of Urbana; nine grandchildren; and one sister, Betty Hefty of Auburn, Ind.
She was preceded in death by one son, parents and two brothers.
Miriam was a member of the United Methodist Church of Ogden. She enjoyed crochet and knitting and watching the Chicago Cubs. She was a member of the Eastern Star Ogden.
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