Part 3 - The Klein Connection

From "A Klein Family History 1815 - 1981", by Dorothy Klein Luers
4. Joseph – July 2, 1920 – February 17,1997
Finally a boy! Joe was always such a neat, quiet, handsome boy who never bothered or got in anyone's way.
While a kid it is hard to remember a time when a parent raised a voice or punished him. Then when he grew up
all devilment broke loose when he and Laura became a team. After the Sunday family get-togethers, Mary
would tell how sore her sides were from laughing at the kids. "That Laura and Joe do the craziest things!"
Imagine with the right manager how far they could have gone.
Joe's sense of humor is precious but he does have a serious side too. After school he worked at the Porter
home, near Hopkins, taking care of the grounds and farm. Here he met Dee. Then he took up plumbing and
heating with the Porter Company, in Minneapolis. On July 31, 1946, Joe married Delores Mary Doherty. Dee
is the daughter of Fred and Norma Doherty, but she was raised by her grandparents, William J. and Ethel
Schon in Minneapolis. They made their home in Eden Prairie.
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