Obituary of Eulalia Evelyn Klemp

Eulalia Evelyn Klemp, 97 formerly of Iowa City, Marion, and Sumner died Friday, February 1, 2013, at Pioneer Park Care Center in Lone Tree. Graveside services will be held at 2pm Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at the St. John Lutheran Cemetery near Sumner, Iowa. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established in her memory. Online condolences may be sent for her family through the web @ www.gayandciha.com. Eulalia Evelyn Busse was born February 9, 1915, in Echo, Minnesota the daughter of Herman and Lenora (Neiland) Busse. She graduated from high school in Oran, Iowa. Eulalia married Ferdinand F. Klemp on January 27, 1939 in Vinton, Iowa. The couple farmed near Sumner from the time they married until 1957, when they moved near Marion where they farmed until moving to the Iowa City area where they farmed since 1994. Her husband Ferdinand died in 1998. She moved to Pioneer Park nearly three years ago. Her family includes her children and their spouses, Cleo (Lowell) Britain of Redding, CA; Donald (Sherrie) Klemp of Iowa City; Rodney (Sandra) Klemp of Iowa City; Duane (Visakha) Klemp of Loveland, CO; and Theodore (Joni) Klemp of Waynesville, MO; her sister, Helen Busse Sharp of Ankeny; 8 grandchildren, and 8 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter, Jane Klemp; daughter-in-law, Marcia Klemp; and a step-grandson. Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service is caring for Eulalia's family and her services.