Malinda R. "Granny" Klemme 96 of Marshfield died peacefully with her family at her side on Saturday morning May 24, 2014 at the House of The Dove, Marshfield.
Funeral services will be 11am Friday at Crossroad Church in Pittsville with Pastor David Krueger officiating. Burial will be in Brooklawn Memory Gardens Cemetery in the Town of Richfield, Wood County.
Visitations will be on Thursday from 4-7pm at the Rembs Funeral Home and again on Friday at the church from 10:30am until time of services.
Malinda was born on February 2, 1918 in Marshfield to Jacob and Lillian (Seidleman) Andereg g. She attended a rural school in the town of York, Clark County.
She was united in marriage to John A. Sladek on November 23, 1936 in the town of York and he died on July 28, 1977. She then married Willis W. "Bill" Klemme on September 24, 1983 in Pittsville and sadly he died on June 11, 1993.
Malinda was employed at Weinbrenner Shoe Factory, retiring in the early 1970's and also sold Fuller Brush Products.
Her faith was very important to her as she was rebaptized on August 21, 2005 and was the oldest member of Crossroads Church (formerly Evangelical Free Church). She enjoyed square dancing gardening, baking, sewing, crocheting, bird watching, playing sheepshead and spending time with her family.
She is survived by her children, Jerry Sladek of Kenosha and JoAnn (Felix) DeGroot of Marshfield; 6 grandchildren ,Debbie (Mark) Writz, Kathy (Darrell) Leibl, Ken (Cindy) Newmier, Larry (Kim) Sladek, Lori (Jimmy) Madison, Lisa Sladek and fiancé David Dickinson; 15 great grandchildren, Rochelle (Allan) Neinast, Heather Johnson, Crystal (Glenn) Lee, Corie Writz and fiancé Andrew Eldridge, Nichole (Joe) Kalinowski, Ben Writz, April (Danny) McHugh, Tonya Newmier, Cody Newmier, Chelsea Sladek, Kayla Sladek, Zack Sladek, Malinda Madison, Erik Puckett, Noah Dickinson; 8 great great grandchildren, Blaine & Kason Neinast, Bradley and Ethan Writz, Natalie and Ashley Kalinowski, Drake Johnson, and Zoey McHugh. She is further survived by her sister Viola (Delmar) Bartsch of LaCrosse.
Besides her parents, and two husbands, she was preceded in death by son-in-law Norbert Newmier, grandson Johnny Newmier , three brothers, Edwin, Ruben and Ervin Anderegg, four sisters, Meta Jacobi, Alma Zickert, Amanda Gross and Leona who died in infancy.
The family would like to thank the House of The Dove Staff for their compassionate care of Malinda.
Condolences may be sent online to www.rembsfh.com