Obituary for Mary Helen Klopp (Jacobsen)
Mary Helen Klopp, 89, of Le Mars, Iowa, passed away on Monday, May 15, 2023, at Prairie Ridge Care Center in Orange City, Iowa. A Celebration of Life Service will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 18, 2023, at Grace Lutheran Church in Le Mars, Iowa. Rev. Timothy Geitz will officiate.
Mary Helen Klopp was born September 9, 1933, in Elk Horn, Iowa, to James Christian and Meta Marie (Mayme) Jacobsen. She was baptized and confirmed at Elk Horn Lutheran Church. Mary attended Dana College in Blair, Nebraska and received her BA degree from Westmar College in Le Mars, Iowa. Mary taught elementary school in Anita, Exira, Storm Lake, and Merrill, all in Iowa.
On June 5, 1960, Mary was married to Roger McMonies Klopp at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church. The couple made their home in Le Mars and had two daughters, Laurie and Karen. Mary was active in St. John’s Lutheran Church and Grace Lutheran Church. She taught Sunday School and VBS, taught the Bethel Bible Series, and was a member of a women’s circle.
Survivors include her husband, Roger of Le Mars, IA; daughters, Laurie (Galen) Kleinwolterink of Orange City, IA and Karen (Jon) Edwards of Grinnell, IA; three grandchildren, Marie Taylor, Dane Edwards, and Barrett Edwards; sisters, Janet Hoegh, and Sonja Switzer, and many nieces and nephews.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Warren Jacobsen; and a sister, Isabel Hoegh.
Memorials may be directed to Ingham Okoboji Lutheran Bible Camps, 1203 Inwan St, Milford, IA 51351.
Mary Helen Klopp was born September 9, 1933, in Elk Horn, Iowa, to James Christian and Meta Marie (Mayme) Jacobsen. She was baptized and confirmed at Elk Horn Lutheran Church. Mary attended Dana College in Blair, Nebraska and received her BA degree from Westmar College in Le Mars, Iowa. Mary taught elementary school in Anita, Exira, Storm Lake, and Merrill, all in Iowa.
On June 5, 1960, Mary was married to Roger McMonies Klopp at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church. The couple made their home in Le Mars and had two daughters, Laurie and Karen. Mary was active in St. John’s Lutheran Church and Grace Lutheran Church. She taught Sunday School and VBS, taught the Bethel Bible Series, and was a member of a women’s circle.
Survivors include her husband, Roger of Le Mars, IA; daughters, Laurie (Galen) Kleinwolterink of Orange City, IA and Karen (Jon) Edwards of Grinnell, IA; three grandchildren, Marie Taylor, Dane Edwards, and Barrett Edwards; sisters, Janet Hoegh, and Sonja Switzer, and many nieces and nephews.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Warren Jacobsen; and a sister, Isabel Hoegh.
Memorials may be directed to Ingham Okoboji Lutheran Bible Camps, 1203 Inwan St, Milford, IA 51351.