Curtis W. Klebe

COLEBROOK – Curtis W. Klebe, 93, of Colebrook, passed away Thursday morning, June 23, 2016, at the Coös County Nursing Hospital in W. Stewartstown after a short period of declining health. He was born on Aug. 13, 1922, in Stewartstown, and was the second child of the late Walter G. and Una M. (Little) Klebe. He grew up with his family as caretakers at the Diamond Pond Farm where they lived, and he went to the Harvey Swell country school until he came to Colebrook to live with his grandparents to go to Colebrook Academy. After graduating high school in 1940, he went to aviation school in Long Island, NY, for a year. He then came home and enlisted in the U.S. Army in Dec.,1942, and was stationed in the Philippines and New Guinea during World War II, until his honorable discharge in Dec., 1945. Following his military service, he came back to Colebrook and worked as a watchmaker for Leon Remick. He then became an agent for Prudential Insurance and sold life insurance in the north country until he purchased Marshall & Kent Insurance Agency which he operated until his retirement in 1995. All his life, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, gardening and everything outdoors. He was one of the original members of the Nathan Pond Club. Curtis was married to Gloria Mullavey Klebe for 47 years until her passing on June 6, 1996. He is survived by three daughters, Wanda Hawes of Bow, NH, Janine Klebe of Gorham, Me., and Lisa Klebe-Peet and husband Burton of Stewartstown; four grandsons, David (Lee Ann) Hawes, Michael (April Begosh) Hawes, Guthrie Peet, and Cody Peet; two great-grandsons, Cole Hawes and David J. Hawes; and a sister, Doris K. Baker Jackson. In addition to his wife, he was predeceased by three brothers, Robert, Jesse and Leonard Klebe; one sister, Ruth Solomon; and a son-in-law, Stephen Hawes. There are no public calling hours. On Aug. 13, 2016, the family will have a graveside interment service with military honors, and a celebration on what would have been his 94th birthday. It will be in the Colebrook Village Cemetery at 10 a.m. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Two Rivers Ride for Cancer, c/o R. Mulliken, 53 Spring St., Colebrook, NH 03576; or to the Senior Meals on Wheels, c/o C. Hamel at Colby Commons, 15 Colby Commons Lane, Colebrook, NH 03576. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to www.jenkinsnewman.com. Funeral arrangements in NH are under the direction of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook.

Curtis W. Klebe

August 13, 1922 - June 23, 2016