Submitted by: Dan Rich
Apr. 20, 1905 – Feb. 11, 1973
South Bend Tribune 2/12/1973
William J. Kluessner, 67, of 1697 Riverside Dr., president of Kluessner-Miller Co., died early Sunday in his Home.
He was born April 20, 1905 in Chicago, coming here in 1957 from Crystal Lake, Ill. On Sept. 4, 1926, he married Jeanette Meyer, who died in 1966. On May 6, 1968 in Chicago he married Peggy Bruggner Dailey, who survives.
Also surviving are three daughters, Mrs. William R. Chapman of Palos Heights, Ill., Mrs. Kenneth Huge of Novelty, Ohio, and Mrs. Andrew J. Miller of South Bend; eight grandchildren; two step-sons, Daniel Dailey of Minneapolis, and David A. Dailey of South Bend; a step-daughter, Mary Christine Dailey of Chicago, and two sisters, MrsJohn Kuesenda of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. Warren Hosler of Wheaton, Ill.
Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 0 p.m. Tuesday in the Welscheimer Funeral Home. Mr. Kluessner was a member od the Indiana Club, a member of the South Bend Country Club, the Summit Club, the Long Boat Key Golf Club and the Long Boat Beach Club, both of Sarasota, Fla.
He was a member of the advisory board of the First Bank and Trust Co., and the Lakeshore Club, Chicago. He attended the University of Chicago and was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity. He formerly was a manager 0f the U.S. Gypsum Co.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Heart Fund or the Scholarship Fund of St. Joseph County.
The Kluessner-Miller Supply Co. will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday due to Mr. Kluessner’s death.
South Bend Tribune 2/13/1973
Services for William J. Kluessner, 67, of 1697 Riverside Dr., who died Sunday, will be held at the Welscheimer Funeral Home, Rev. Jerome J. Wilson, CSC, of Notre Dame, officiating. Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home.