Charles R. Klesener October 6, 1953 - September 2, 2005

      Charles R. Klesenter, 51, of St. Paul, died Friday, Sept. 2, 2005 at his home.

      The Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. today at the St. James Catholic Church in St. Paul with Fr. Gary Beckman officiating. Burial will be in the St. James Catholic Cemetery. A memorial has been established to Holy Trinity Catholic Schools. Link Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

      Survivors include two brothers, Dennis and his wife Barb Klesener of Nauvoo, Ill and Thomas and his wife Barb Klesener of St. Paul; four sisters, Dolores Riepe of Cedar Rapids, Roberta Klesener of Milwaukee, Wis., Ann and her husband Ronald Sanford of Fort Madison and Jane and her husband Richard of Wever.

      He was preceded in death by his parents.