The funeral for Herbert Kluth will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday at Calvary Baptist Church in Rochester with the Rev. Dwight LaPine officiating. Visitation will be an hour before the service. Burial will take place in Marshall, Minnesota.
Mr. Kluth, 83, died Thursday, August 21, 2014 at Golden Living Center West after a three-year illness with cancer.
Herbert Raymond Kluth was born 9th of 10 children on the South Dakota prairie near Ridgeview on May 28, 1931. He grew up on a ranch and graduated from Northwestern Lutheran Academy in Mobridge, South Dakota in 1949. That fall he enrolled at Dr. Martin Luther College in New Ulm, becoming a teacher in 1952. He taught everything from third grade to senior high science for a total of 21 years. In 1972, he married Virginia Kluth, to whom he remained married until her death in 2007. Besides teaching, he also tried his hand at bus driving, roofing, real estate, and driver education. In later years, he enjoyed repairing mechanical items, especially bicycles. He also owned used item stores in Apple Valley and Lakeville, Minnesota. He moved to Rochester in 2005 and became an active member of Calvary Baptist Church. He loved the Lord Jesus, studying the Bible, and playing games with his grandchildren. He was also quite athletic and was able to shoot baskets and swing a bat into his upper 70s.
Survivors include one son, James D. "Jim" (Tara) of Rochester; four grandchildren: Evan, Aidan, Toby, and Avery; one sister, Alice (Roy) Mehrkens of Goodhue, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Gottlieb and Maria Kluth, a brother, Art, and seven sisters.
Visitation
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10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (CDT)
Calvary Baptist Church
5905 Silas Dent Road NW
Rochester, MN
Service
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11:00 AM (CDT)
Calvary Baptist Church
5905 Silas Dent Road NW
Rochester, MN