Joseph Forest "Jack" Klein

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Cass City Chronicle
April 9, 1915
Page 4

Born to Mr. and Mrs. John KLEIN of Royal Oaks on Monday, March 29, a little son, Joseph Forrest.

Cass City Chronicle
Friday, May 4, 1945
Local Happenings, Page Four

Jack Klein plans to open a flower shop in Bad Axe tomorrow. His sister, Miss Frances Klein, will be employed as manager. It will be known as Klein Flower Shop.

The Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, Volume 11, published September 6, 1948, reported that he was with the Flame Gas Co, in River Rouge and had purchased a home in that city.

Cass City Chronicle
Wednesday, November 9, 1988
Obituaries Page 8

Joseph Klein

Joseph F. "Jack" Klein, 73, died Sunday, October 30, in the Evangelical Home of Port Huron.

He was born Mar 29, 1915 in Royal Oak. He had been a resident of Port Huron since 1953 and was a former resident of Cass City. He married Mildred M. Schwegler February 9, 1942, in Bowling Green, Ohio. She died April 8, 1976.

He owned and operated Klein's Bottle Gas Service until 1963.

He is survived by two daughters, Mary P. KLEIN of Marysville and Mrs. Fern L. HYSLOP of St. Clair; four sons, Jack F. of Gettysburg, Pa.; James W. of Lake Wales, Fla.; Robert A. and Andrew J. of Port Huron; and a sister Mrs. Aletha AUTEN of Davison and nine grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two sisters, Margaret Fern AYERS and Frances KLEIN.

Services were held Wednesday in the Karrer-Simpson-Crawford Funeral Home. The Rev. John E. Naile of the First United Methodist Church, St. Clair, officiated. Burial was in Elkland Cemetery, Cass City.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007)

Joseph married Mildred "Mid" Mary Schwegler on 9 Feb 1942 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio. Mildred (daughter of Benjamin Adam Schwegler and Joanna Magdalena "Lena" Mark) was born on 29 Oct 1916 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 8 Apr 1976 in Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan; was buried on 10 Apr 1976 in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living
3. Living
4. James William Klein was born on 23 Aug 1946 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 1 Apr 1991 in Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida.
5. Robert "Bob" Alan Klein was born on 31 Oct 1949 in Michigan; died on 28 Dec 2002.
6. Andrew Joseph Klein was born on 17 Feb 1957 in Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan; died on 13 Apr 2010 in Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan.