Mildred Klug
November 15th, 1935 - January 2nd, 2024
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Mildred's Obituary
Mildred Alice Klug, 88, of Buchanan, passed away peacefully on Tuesday evening, January 2, 2024 at Woodland Terrace Assisted Living in Bridgman, Michigan.
A Celebration of Life Eternal will be held 11:00 A.M. Monday, January 8 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1733 W. Glendora Rd., Buchanan with Rev. Jonathan Liebich officiating. Burial will follow at Glendora Cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00 until 5:00 P.M. Sunday, January 7 at Starks & Menchinger Chapel, 2650 Niles Rd., St. Joseph, MI 49085. Memorials may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church-Glendora, Caring Circle Hospice or the Berrien County Youth Fair. Those wishing to sign Mildred's Memory Book online may do so at www.starks-menchinger.com.
Mildred for born November 15, 1935 to Erich and Alice (Kent) Steinke in Benton Harbor, Michigan. As their only child, she grew up on her parent’s rural Sodus fruit farm and attended Mt. Pleasant School, and then, went on to graduate from Benton Harbor High School in 1954. In 1956, Mildred graduated with an Associate in Arts Degree from Benton Harbor Community College while working at Sodus Fruit Exchange and Southern Michigan Cold Storage. After college, she was employed by Michigan Bell Telephone Company for several years.
Mildred married Arnold Charles Klug on December 10, 1960 in Sodus. Together they owned and operated a family dairy, grain and grape farm in Weesaw Township. And once their children, Brian, Darrel and Irene, were nearly grown, Mildred also first worked part-time at Wilbur’s Ice Cream, and then, at Jone’s Blueberry Farm in Bridgman, Michigan.
Mildred was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Glendora since 1961, active member first of Michigan Junior Farm Bureau, and later Farm Bureau. She was also active with the Berrien County Youth Fair where she first exhibited her 4-H clothing and food projects in the late 1940s, and later became a volunteer on the King & Queen Committee and Ag Expo Building. She liked attending Polka dances with her husband, gardening and baking. She always had wonderful cookies, and fruit desserts made from the local fruit freshly baked and ready for her children and grandchildren to enjoy.
Mildred is survived by her children- Brian (Vicky) Klug of Arlington, Texas, and Irene (Todd) Gerwig of Winterset, Iowa; grandchildren, Neil Klug of Austin, Texas, Neven Klug of Arlington, Texas, Kelsey (Dakota “Cody”) Polhemus of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Tyler Gerwig and Carissa Gerwig both of Winterset, Iowa; and a step-grandson, Ryan Lugto of Arlington, Texas.
She is preceded in death by her husband Arnold in 2013; son Darrel Klug in 2009; step-grandson Rizaldy Lugto in June 2023; parents Erich and Alice (Kent) Steinke; and grandparents Adolph and Bertha (Lohraff) Kent, and Julius and Bertha (Steingraeber) Steinke.
The family would like to thank Woodland Terrace in Bridgman and Caring Circle Hospice for taking care of our mother and grandmother.
A Celebration of Life Eternal will be held 11:00 A.M. Monday, January 8 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1733 W. Glendora Rd., Buchanan with Rev. Jonathan Liebich officiating. Burial will follow at Glendora Cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00 until 5:00 P.M. Sunday, January 7 at Starks & Menchinger Chapel, 2650 Niles Rd., St. Joseph, MI 49085. Memorials may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church-Glendora, Caring Circle Hospice or the Berrien County Youth Fair. Those wishing to sign Mildred's Memory Book online may do so at www.starks-menchinger.com.
Mildred for born November 15, 1935 to Erich and Alice (Kent) Steinke in Benton Harbor, Michigan. As their only child, she grew up on her parent’s rural Sodus fruit farm and attended Mt. Pleasant School, and then, went on to graduate from Benton Harbor High School in 1954. In 1956, Mildred graduated with an Associate in Arts Degree from Benton Harbor Community College while working at Sodus Fruit Exchange and Southern Michigan Cold Storage. After college, she was employed by Michigan Bell Telephone Company for several years.
Mildred married Arnold Charles Klug on December 10, 1960 in Sodus. Together they owned and operated a family dairy, grain and grape farm in Weesaw Township. And once their children, Brian, Darrel and Irene, were nearly grown, Mildred also first worked part-time at Wilbur’s Ice Cream, and then, at Jone’s Blueberry Farm in Bridgman, Michigan.
Mildred was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Glendora since 1961, active member first of Michigan Junior Farm Bureau, and later Farm Bureau. She was also active with the Berrien County Youth Fair where she first exhibited her 4-H clothing and food projects in the late 1940s, and later became a volunteer on the King & Queen Committee and Ag Expo Building. She liked attending Polka dances with her husband, gardening and baking. She always had wonderful cookies, and fruit desserts made from the local fruit freshly baked and ready for her children and grandchildren to enjoy.
Mildred is survived by her children- Brian (Vicky) Klug of Arlington, Texas, and Irene (Todd) Gerwig of Winterset, Iowa; grandchildren, Neil Klug of Austin, Texas, Neven Klug of Arlington, Texas, Kelsey (Dakota “Cody”) Polhemus of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Tyler Gerwig and Carissa Gerwig both of Winterset, Iowa; and a step-grandson, Ryan Lugto of Arlington, Texas.
She is preceded in death by her husband Arnold in 2013; son Darrel Klug in 2009; step-grandson Rizaldy Lugto in June 2023; parents Erich and Alice (Kent) Steinke; and grandparents Adolph and Bertha (Lohraff) Kent, and Julius and Bertha (Steingraeber) Steinke.
The family would like to thank Woodland Terrace in Bridgman and Caring Circle Hospice for taking care of our mother and grandmother.
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