Carole Klaers of Watkins died Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, at Hilltop Health Care Center in Watkins. She was 81.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 4, at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in St. Nicholas. Inurnment will be in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7:30 p.m. Friday, March 3, at Wenner Funeral Home in Cold Spring, with parish prayers at 7:30 p.m.; visitation will continue Saturday one hour before the service at the church.
Carole was born April 22, 1941, in Minneapolis to Richard and Alice (Mahoney) Gittins. She married Leo Klaers on Aug. 5, 1961, in St. Joseph Church in Delano.
Carole worked at Fingerhut in telemarketing until her retirement. She was active in her faith, and she enjoyed fishing, knitting, and visiting with friends. She was a member of St. Nicholas Parish and Christian Women.
Carole was preceded in death by her parents, siblings Marion Lewis and Robert Gittins, and daughter-in-law Sandy Klaers.
She is survived by her husband Leo; children Tim (and Wanda), Bill (and Jane), Pat (and Stacey Wiltgen), and Mike (and Christina); sisters-in-law Rosemary Gittins and Marlene Longpre; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are with Wenner Funeral Home in Cold Spring.