The Hartley Sentinel-The Everly/Royal News - Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

A funeral service for Karen L. Klaassen was held Friday, March 26, 2021, at Trinity United Church of Christ in Hartley. Pastor Lynn Dau officiated.

Pallbearers were Devin Bravo, Johnathan Fink, Kyle Klaassen, Kristian Klaassen, Levi Fink and Wade Tressler. Interment was in Roseland Cemetery at Sanborn. Sanborn Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements.

Karen Loretta Klaassen, daughter of Earl E. and Merna L. (Klatt) Jacobs, was born Dec. 17, 1946 at Hartley. She spent her early years on a farm near Melvin along with her five brothers and sisters, and began attending school in Melvin. Later o...