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Marilyn Klockenga

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[June 15, 2022]  LINCOLN - Marilyn Klockenga, 86, of Lincoln, passed away on Monday, June 6, 2022, at Timbercreek Village in Lincoln.

Visitation:  4:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday, June 10, 2022 at Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln

Additional time of visitation:  9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday, June 11, at the church

Service:  10 a.m. Saturday at the church

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln   

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Marilyn Klockenga, 86, of Lincoln, passed away on Monday, June 6, 2022, at Timbercreek Village in Lincoln.

Marilyn Joyce (Hutchcraft) Klockenga was born January 12, 1936, the first of three daughters born to Everett and Ruby (Whitchurch) Hutchcraft. Raised on a farm in rural Logan County, Marilyn was the big sister to E. Kay Hutchcraft, and Sandra (Jack) Berg. These family members have preceded Marilyn in death.

Marilyn wed Donald D. Klockenga, on June 20, 1954. They are parents to Kenton (Kate Harris) Klockenga, Karen (Nick) Burgrabe, and Keith (Dana) Klockenga. Nearly seventeen years ago, Marilyn became a grandmother to Ian Klockenga, which brought her so much joy. Bonus grandchildren are Erin, Jenna, Dax, and Danielle Burgrabe. Marilyn was also grandma to Shannon and Travis Jackson. Marilyn was a great-grandmother to a dozen blessings.

While a senior at Lincoln Community High School, Marilyn had a bookkeeping job at the dime store. Not long after graduating, Donald and Marilyn were married. The Klockenga’s began farming in Eminence Township north of Lincoln. In addition to farm life and raising the children, Marilyn was a volunteer for the Red Cross, visiting families in need of assistance. Once her youngest was in school, Marilyn took a job where she could once again work with numbers. Marilyn spent five decades in the insurance field working with farmers. First with Production Credit Association, then Farm Credit Services from which she retired in 2004. It wasn’t long before she became restless and found herself back in an office. On April 5, Marilyn again retired, most recently from Lincoln Logan May Insurance.

Marilyn was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln. Her faith and dedication to the church and Zion Lutheran School were of the highest priority for more than half a century. Marilyn enjoyed attending various sporting events her children and grandchildren participated in. Many weekends were spent traveling the Midwest with friends and families, eating at local diners and shopping at antique stores and flea markets. Marilyn and Donald enjoyed traveling with the DeWitt County Farm Bureau a number of years touring farms in Hawaii, California, Florida, Tennessee, and several other states. A trip to Germany and Belgium in 1997, where they traced ancestors, was their most distant adventure.

Services for Marilyn will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 11, 2022 at Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln, with a visitation held one hour prior to the service (9:00-10:00 a.m.). An evening visitation will take place from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday, June 10, 2022 also at the church. Burial will follow the services at Zion Cemetery in Lincoln.

In Lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Marilyn’s name to Zion Lutheran Church or Zion Lutheran School.

Services have been entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln.

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