12/26/1927 - 2/25/2022
Mary Ann (Stafford) Klopfenstein, 94, of Hypoluxo, Florida died Friday
February 25, 2022 after a short illness.
Born December 26, 1927, she
was the daughter of Frank and Edith (Coldren) Stafford. She was married on
January 17, 1948, to Wendell Klopfenstein, who died on August 29, 2000. He
was formerly co-owner of Klopfensteins' Hardware in Portland.
Ann was
a graduate of Portland High School, where she was a varsity cheerleader, and
attended Indiana University. Before relocating to Florida in 1977, she was
active in Tri Kappa Delta sorority.
She was co-owner and -operator
with her mother of the City Launderette in Portland. Later in life, she sold
cosmetics in department stores, retiring from Macy’s in Boynton Beach,
Florida, at the age of 89.
She is survived by one son, James
Klopfenstein of Hypoluxo, Florida, and one daughter, Jane Walsh of Boynton
Beach, Florida; four grandchildren, Neil Klopfenstein of Santiago, Chile,
Zoë Klopfenstein of Worcester, Massachusetts, Peyton Walsh, of Saint
Augustine, Florida, and Taylor Walsh of Tampa, Florida; and one great
grandson, Aurelio Klopfenstein of Santiago, Chile.
Services are set
for Sunday March 13, 2022 at 4:00 PM in the Baird-Freeman Funeral Home in
Portland, Indiana. Visitation will be held from 2:00 – 4:00 PM. Burial will
be in the Green Park Cemetery in Portland.
Memorials may be made to
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Baird-Freeman
Funeral Home March 3, 2022
Contributed by Jim Cox
Buried in Green Park Cemetery