Thomas “Tom” Harold Klein, 63
Nov. 2, 1961-Jan. 8, 2025
St. Joseph
Thomas “Tom” Harold Klein, 63, of St. Joseph died unexpectedly while fishing on Jan. 8.
His funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 18 at Annunciation Catholic Church at Mayhew Lake. The Rev Thomas Knoblach will officiate and burial will take place at the parish cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17 at Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in Sauk Rapids and one hour prior to the service at church on Saturday. Parish prayers will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Klein was born Nov. 2, 1961 in St. Cloud to Harold and Esther “Betty” (Knapp) Klein. He graduated from Cathedral High School and studied welding at St. Cloud Technical and Community College. Klein served in the U.S. Navy, like his father. He married Ann “Anna” Rajkowski on Nov. 21, 1987 at Annunciation Catholic Church in Mayhew Lake. He worked as a welder at DCI for more than 30 years. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, nature, sunsets, making metal art, playing cards, telling stories and socializing. Klein was proud of and loved spending time with his family, especially with his granddaughter, Evelyn.
Survivors include the following: his wife, Anna of St. Joseph; children: Casandra “Cassie” Klein of St. Joseph, Luke (Matt Everhart) Klein of St. Paul, Ben (Sharon) Klein of Sartell, Laura Klein of St. Joseph and Jeff (Marlena) Schmidt of Graceville; grandchildren: Justin, Courtney, Sierra and Evelyn; mother, Betty (Tom) of Waite Park; siblings: Joyce Calvin of Kentucky, Mary Lou (Pat) Stambaugh of Lake City, Richard (Sue) Klein of St. Cloud, Kathleen “Kathy” (David) Lintgen of St. Cloud, and Scott Klein of St. Augusta; step-sister Patty (Tom) of St. Cloud; and many other family, friends and in-laws.
He is preceded in death by his father, Harold; father- and mother-in-law, Lawrence and Lorraine Rajkowski; brothers-in-law, Greg Calvin and Tomas Villanueva; sisters-in-law, Helen Lofgren and Mary Rajkowski; step-brother, Tom Justin Jr.; great-nephew, Gage Beumer; godparents, Mel and Marie Urbanski; and step-godmother, Celine Urbanski.
Obituary, guest book and video tribute are available online at www.williamsdingmann.com.
