Martha Klein
Martha M. Klein, 97, died May 4, 2004, at Hillsboro Community Medical Center, Hillsboro.
Born July 30, 1906, at Tampa, she was the daughter of Hugo and Caroline (Poppe) Fritsch.
On May 1, 1940, she married Harry H. Klein at Marion. He died in 1959.
She was a schoolteacher and member of Zion Lutheran Church.
She was preceded in death by five brothers, Rudolph, Hugo Jr., Walter, Ed, and Elmer; and five sisters, Minnie Wangerin, Selma Haas, Emma Shirk, Anna Fritsch, and Olga Bentz.
Survivors include her caregiver, Phyllis Meisinger of Hillsboro; three nieces, Donna Bell, Veona Popp, and Alma Pfautz; and two nephews, Wayne Shirk and Harold Fritsch.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at Zion Lutheran Church, Hillsboro, with the Rev. Clark M. Davis officiating.
Burial was in Tampa Lutheran Cemetery, Tampa.
Memorial funds have been established with Zion Lutheran Church or St. John's Lutheran Church, Tampa.
