Mary Klemstein, 95, formerly of Escondido, CA and Buckeye, AZ, died May 1, 2012 in Peoria, AZ at the Good Samaritan Society-Peoria Good Shepherd. She was born one of seven children February 16, 1917 in Gilmer County, West Virginia to Marion and Mary Rawson. She was a pastor and a homemaker. She got started in gospel work in her early twenties soon after her conversion and worked with her mother in the Los Angeles, CA Church of God Mission on 7th Street. She pastored in Escondido at The Church of God on Harmony Grove Rd. for 25 years. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and was loved by all.
She is survived by one son Jack Klemstein ( Cindy) of Buckeye, AZ; two sisters Ruth Brofford and Flossy Childress; one grand-daughter Bonnie May Klemstein of Goodyear, AZ; one grandson Caleb Klemstein of Goodyear, AZ.
Visitation for Mary will take place on Friday May 11, 2012 at Thompson’s Valley West Funeral Chapel, 926 S. Litchfield Rd., Goodyear, AZ 85338 from 6-9pm. The service will take place Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Thompson’s Valley West Funeral Chapel at 10am with burial to follow at Louis B. Hazelton Cemetery in Buckeye, AZ.
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