(Obituary - The Courier-Sentinal, Kiester, MN, Thursday, 8 January 1987,
page 3, column 4)
Barney Katzung rites held in Albert Lea
Funeral services were held Saturday for 93 year old Barney L. Katzung
of 1603 Bridge Avenue, Albert Lea. The Reverend Gerald Merkouris
officiated at the funeral from Salem Lutheran Church. Burial was in
Graceland Cemetery where military honors were provided by Albert Lea
Veterans Organizations.
Mr. Katzung died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 1986 at Good Samaritan Center
where he had been a resident for five weeks.
He was born Dec. 25, 1893 in Kiester to August L. and Mary (Kuster)
Katzung. He moved to Albert Lea following his marriage to Maletta Hintz
June 20, 1923. The were married in the Mansfield Lutheran Church.
He belonged to Salem Lutheran Church and had been involved with the
church senior citizens and at one time served on the church council. Mr.
Katzung worked as a mechanic in several garages before he worked at Queen
Stoves, where he retired from at the age of 65, after 34 years of
employment. He served overseas in World War I in the 86th Blackhawk
Division and he was a member of the V.F.W. and the War Dads.
He is survived by his wife Maletta of Albert Lea; one son, Ray and his
wife Helen of Albert Lea; two daughters, Mary and her husband Paul
Thompson of Albert Lea and Bette and her husband Lowell Tonding of St.
Louis, Mo.; nine grandchildren, Brad and Reid Katzung, Nancy Erickson,
Kim, Michael and Randy Thompson; and Susan Rhodes; eight
great-grandchildren; two brothers, Walter "Sam" Katzung and Arthur
Katzung; and one sister, Katheryn Katzung, all of Albert Lea.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Henry and
Lawrence, and three sisters, Sarah Hintz, Florence Stieber and Lucy
Katzung.