A FORMER IOWA LEGISLATOR AND COMMUNITY LEADER FROM LE MARS HAS PASSED AWAY AFTER BATTLING CANCER.
85-YEAR-OLD RALPH KLEMME SERVED IN THE IOWA HOUSE FROM 1993 TO 2005.
IN 1994 HE INTRODUCED A HOUSE RESOLUTION DESIGNATING LE MARS AS THE “ICE CREAM CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.”
THAT RESOLUTION PASSED IN BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE IOWA LEGISLATURE.
KLEMME WAS A LIFE-LONG PLYMOUTH COUNTY RESIDENT WHO WAS A GRAIN AND LIVESTOCK FARMER AND A, LONG-TIME MEMBER OF THE LE MARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD, AND FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR RALPH KLEMME WILL BE SATURDAY AT 10-30 AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN LE MARS.
