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Obituary Published in the Enid News, June 28, 2014 Mildred Brunken Kletke ENID, OK - Funeral service for Mildred Brunken Kletke will be held atZion Lutheran Church in Alva, Okla., on Monday, June 30, 2014, at 2p.m. Visitation will be held at the Marshall Funeral Home that morningfrom 10 a.m. to noon. Interment will be in Zion Lutheran Cemetery under the direction ofMarshall Funeral Home of Alva. Mildred Brunken Kletke, née Mildred Lorena Brunken, was born on March15, 1920, to Clara Petersen Brunken and William L. Brunken in Lahoma,Okla. She passed away on Thursday, June 26, 2014, in Jefferson City,Mo., at the age of 94 years. She was the youngest child in her family and had two brothers, Alvinand Harold, and two sisters, Hilda and Leona. The family were membersof Zion Lutheran Church in Lahoma, and Mildred was baptized there. She attended the Lutheran School in Lahoma. After she graduated in1938, she attended Northwestern State College in Alva, studying to bea teacher. She attended Zion Lutheran Church in Alva, and there she met MartinWalter Kletke, the love of her life. They were married on Oct. 13, 1940, and lived on the family farm eastof Alva, where Martin had been born and raised.They were members ofZion Lutheran Church in Alva. Mildred and Martin were blessed with three children, Darrel, Janiceand Phillip. Over the years, Mildred was a wonderful home manager and supported herhusband and the family farming and ranching activities. She used hertalents to paint china, ceramics and oil paintings. She made manyquilts and crocheted many items. The church was the center of her life. She was active in the LutheranWomen’s Missionary League for many years, holding different offices. Many of the spiritual banners she made for worship still hang in thechurch; and her crocheted puppets have been used in Sunday school formany years. In addition to her church activities, she served on the HospitalAuxiliary and earned an award for having served for over 3,000 hours. In 1999, she and Martin retired from farming and moved to theHomestead in Alva, where they lived for five years before moving toJefferson City, Mo., in 2004. Mildred was preceded in death by her parents and four siblings andtheir spouses; her daughter-in-law, Linda Kletke, Phillip Kletke’swife; and her brother-in-law, Roland Kletke. Mildred is survived by three children and spouses, Darrel Kletke andwife Meg of Stillwater, Okla., Janice Sonnenberg and husband Gary ofJefferson City, Mo., and Phillip Kletke of Chicago, Ill. Additionallyshe is survived by her sister-in-law, Mickey Kletke of Alva, Okla.,and seven grandchildren and their spouses, Lyn and Al Putnam ofStillwater, Okla., Deana and Bill Wright of Edmond, Okla., Martin andPaige Sonnenberg of Valparaiso, Ind., Bryan and Gayle Hedrick ofTuttle, Okla., Marc and Angela Kletke of Moore, Okla., Doug and JennSonnenberg of Columbia, Mo., and Laura Hedrick of Stillwater, Okla.She is survived by 12 great-grandchildren; many nephews and nieces;and other relatives and friends. Memorial contributions may be made to Zion Lutheran Church, 218 MapleSt., Alva, OK 73717, or to an organization of the donor’s choice. Remembrances may be shared with the family atwww.marshallfuneralhomes.com.
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