14. | Klein, Lloyd Frederick was born 21 Jun 1900, Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, USA (son of Klein, Frederick Karl and Walrod, Lulu May); died 14 Oct 1968, Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. Notes:
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The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for L. F. (Pop) Klein. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the article had appeared on 15 October 1968 in the Lincoln Journal & Star, of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Prescott, Arizona. Funeral services are pending here for L. F. (Pop) Klein, veteran of over four decades of athletic activity in Nebraska high school and college ranks. Klein, who had lived here since retiring from his position as concessions director at the University of Nebraska in 1965, suffered a fatal heart attack Monday night. A graduate of Beatrice High School and Cotner College in Lincoln, Klein became coach at Crete in 1923. A thirteen year tenure there showed 89-19-6 overall football record, including one string of 44 consecutive wins, and a Class A basketball championship in 1932. He then moved to Kearney State, where his football teams had a 45-21-2 record. Potsy Clark then brought Klein to the University of Nebraska where he served as a football assistant and head basketball coach in 1945-46. He served a variety of capacities with the Cornhuskers, including assistant athletic director. Klein is survived by his wife, Frances, and two daughters, Mrs. Gretchen Leenerts and Mrs. Nancy Hopkins.
Lloyd married Fiegenbaum, Frances Montgomery 3 Aug 1926, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA. Frances (daughter of Fiegenbaum, Wilhelm Edward and Montgomery, Maude Mary) was born 18 Jan 1905, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA; died 22 Jun 1988, Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. [Group Sheet]
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