Klesel retires after 50 years at local funeral home
Mark Klesel poses outside the funeral home last Thursday. Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala
Mark Klesel (right) is shown with his father, Wilbert J. “Bill” Klesel, in 1978.
Area families have entrusted the care of their loved ones to a member of the Klesel family at Schwenke-Baumgarten Funeral Home for over 70 years.
For the last 50 of those, Mark Klesel attended to final rites alongside his father and brother and, most recently, a nephew. On Feb. 28, he directed his last funeral with his son, Cullen, on hand to help out.
