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David J. Krause

LIVONIA — David J. Krause,
95, of Livonia, formerly of Waltz,
died at 12:50 a.m. Wednesday at
Botsford Hospital. He had been
ill a short time.

Friends may call until 9 tonight
at the Arthur Bobcean Funeral
Home, Flat Rock, where services
will be held at 12:30 p.m. Friday.
The Rev. Carl Vertz of Peace
Lutheran Church, Livonia, will
officiate. Burial will be in Michi-
gan Memorial Park, Flat Rock.

Born June 20, 1901, in Wyan-
dotte, he was the son of Rudolph
and Pauline (Taepke) Krause. He
was married in October, 1924, to
Emma Rinne at St. John’s Luther-
an Church in Waltz. She died May
23, 1964.

A resident of Waltz for 60 years,

he had been employed as a mill-
wright by the Ford Motor Co. in
Dearborn for 42 years, retiring in
1965. He also had farmed in
Waltz.

He was a former member of St.
John’s Lutheran Church in Waltz -

and the Waltz Improvement Asso-
ciation.

Surviving are a son, Wesley of
Livonia; a daughter, Mrs. Herman
(Rena) Habitz of Dearborn; a
brother, Noah of Garden City; two
sisters, Edna Stucker and Zelma
Jeffers, both.of Garden City, six
grandchildren, nine great-grand-
ote and a great-great-grand-
child.

He also was preceded in death
by a grandson, Wesley Krause Jr.;
three brothers, Dan, Walter and
Norman; and two sisters, Esther
Beutner and Lena Krause.

In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be made to the Wes Krause Jr.
Foundation for Families in Crisis.