Louise M. Kline

Louise M. Kline WEST LIBERTY, Iowa - Louise M. Kline, 99, died on Friday, October 1, 2010, at the Simpson Memorial Home in West Liberty. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at West Liberty United Methodist Church. Burial will take place at Oakridge Cemetery in West Liberty. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday, October 4, 2010, at Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Liberty. Memorials may be made to the West Liberty United Methodist Church or Hospice Compassus. Louise was born on November 6, 1910, near West Liberty on the family farm, the daughter of Fred and Marzella Walker Ridenour. She was a graduate of West Liberty High School in 1928, where she was the valedictorian. She later obtained her teaching degree from the University of Northern Iowa and taught school at the Union Valley Country School. She married Elmer Kline on April 22, 1933. They celebrated 69 years of marriage before his death. After her marriage, she was required to retire from teaching, because at that time teachers were not allowed to be married. She then became a farm wife and on February 1, 1935, their son Harold was born. She was a l...[more]

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time member of the United Methodist Church and the U.M.W., and a 50 year member of the Order of Eastern Star, Fortnightly Women's Club, Floriculture Society, Hartipee Social Cub, and the Cedar County Historical Review, having written many articles in their yearly books. Her greatest joys were her family and traveling. She has been to every state in the United States and all the lower Providences of Canada. She is survived by her son, Harold Kline of West Liberty; a grandson, Ron Kline and wife, Carol, of West Liberty; two great-grandchildren, Derek and Garrett; and sisters-in-law, Mary Jean Fiderlein of West Branch and Marie Kline of Kansas City, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Elmer; a daughter-in-law, Barbara Kline; a grandson, James; four sisters-in-law, Alberta and Anna Kline, Wilma Kline, and Hazel Freyermuth; and five brothers-in-law, Wayne, Pete, and Everett Kline, Louis Fiderlein, and Dale Freyermuth.