Marie Katherine Kleopfer

      RIVERSIDE-Marie Katherine Kleopfer, 80, of Riverside, died Sunday, March 7, 2004, at the Lone Tree Health Care Center in Lone Tree, following a brief illness.

      A Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 10, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Riverside, with the Rev. Rich Adam officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Riverside. Following committal services at the cemetery, a time of food and fellowship will be held at St. Mary's Parish Center. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, from 4 to 7 p.m., with a 7 p.m. Rosary service, at Sorden-Lewis Funeral Home in Riverside. A general memorial fund has been established.

      Mrs. Kleopfer was born on Dec. 6, 1923, in Washington County, to Charles J. and Rose I. (Knotek) Sojka. On June 7, 1945, she married Robert E. Kleopfer in Riverside.