Submitted by Chris Klasing
Rome News-Tribune of 1/2/1935
Henry Klasing, pioneer Roman, dies on Tuesday.
Henry J. Klasing, pioneer of Rome, died Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his residence, 11 Klassing Street. He had been in declining health for the past
two years, but his condition did not become serious until three years ago.
Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 10:30 o'clock from the chapel of Jennings Funeral Home. Dr. Bunyan Stephens, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, will officiate, with interment in Myrtle Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Klasing was born in Hanover, Germany, on August 26, 1853, and moved to New York at the age of eighteen. Two years later he came to Rome, where he had
resided ever since. Mr. Klasing had lived in his present home for about fifty years. The deceased was active in business and civic affairs here until his
health began to fail five years ago. He was a member of the Lutheran church.
Surviving Mr. Klasing are two daughters, Mrs. A. C. Ramsey of Troy, Ala., and Mrs. Madeline Gill of Orlando, Fla.; and two sons, C. L. of San Antonio,
Tex., and A. F. Klasing, of Chicago, Ill.
Pallbearers will include B. F. Archer, Sr., Thomas E. Lloyd, Harry Johnson, M. S. Lanier, Capt. Henry Stewart and Hugh McCrary. They are requested to meet
at the chapel at 10:15 o'clock.
(Actual death date was January 1, 1935.)