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Louise Rosetta Steuck Klempnauer

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Birth	:	2 Dec 1914 Rich Hill, Bates County, Missouri, USA
Death	:	9 Nov 1997 San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA
Burial	:	Oakwood Memorial Park, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, USA
Coordinate	:	36.9904709, -121.9850159
Description	:	Mother's Maiden Name: Strader Private services will be held for Louise Rosetta Steuck Klempnauer, a Santa Cruz resident from 1946 to 1975, who died Sunday in a Sunnyvale nursing home after a long illness. A resident of Los Gatos. She was 82. From 1947 to 1960, Mrs. Klempnauer and her late husband, Leonard Ray Klempnauer Sr., owned and operated the Cross Roads Drive-in, a popular gathering place for Santa Cruz teen-agers of that era. Located two blocks from the Main Beach, the restaurant, which now houses a liquor store, was next to the Southern Pacific Railroad... Read More	Mother's Maiden Name: Strader Private services will be held for Louise Rosetta Steuck Klempnauer, a Santa Cruz resident from 1946 to 1975, who died Sunday in a Sunnyvale nursing home after a long illness. A resident of Los Gatos. She was 82. From 1947 to 1960, Mrs. Klempnauer and her late husband, Leonard Ray Klempnauer Sr., owned and operated the Cross Roads Drive-in, a popular gathering place for Santa Cruz teen-agers of that era. Located two blocks from the Main Beach, the restaurant, which now houses a liquor store, was next to the Southern Pacific Railroad property at the confluence of Pacific Avenue, West Cliff Drive, Center Street and Washington Street. "After high school football and basketball games and dances or after the main feature was over at local movie theaters, teens would jam the restaurant's parking lot and spill into the adjoining SP property for car service," recalled her son, Leonard Klempnauer Jr. of Capitola. "The atmosphere on Friday and Saturday nights played like a scene at the drive-in featured in the 1973 film 'American Graffiti' except the Cross Roads' car hops didn't wear roller skates. It would be difficult to find a Santa Cruz High student of the time who didn't spend part of his or her weekend there. Except for teachers, probably no one knew more youths on a first-name basis than my parents." After selling the restaurant in 1960, the Klempnauers ran the Cabrillo student cafeteria for one year when the community college was located on the Watsonville High School campus. Mrs. Klempnauer then joined Leask's department store on Pacific Avenue as a saleswoman and later became the bookkeeper for the local Singer's office. A year after her husband died in 1974, she moved to Los Gatos and joined Singer's In San Jose. While her children were growing up, Mrs. Klempnauer was active in the Parent-Teachers Association at Bay View and Laurel elementary schools and belonged to the Women of the Moose and Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. In Los Gatos, she became matron of the local Caritas chapter and later held a state office in the organization. She was also on the board of directors of the Wedgewood Manor Home Owners Association and served as association president. Upon retiring from Singer's in the early 1980s, she traveled extensively in the United States and visited Europe, the Far East, the Caribbean and South America. Born Dec. 2, 1914, In her paternal grandparents' home in the farming community of Rich Hill, Mo., Mrs. Klempnauer moved to Kansas City In the 1920s and graduated in 1933 from Central High School. She attended Kansas City Junior College, but had to leave college to work during the height of the Depression. During World War II, Mrs. Klempnauer worked as a "Rosie the Riveter" for North American Aviation. In addition to her son, Mrs. Klempnauer is survived by two daughters, Marcia Ross of Bend, Ore., and Rosemary Tuana of Saratoga; six grandchildren, one great-granddaughter and 37 nieces and nephews. Contributions are preferred to the Alzheimer's Association or the Santa Cruz High School Centennial Committee, 530 Chestnut St., Santa Cruz, CA, 95060. Published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on November 12, 1997

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Louise Rosetta Steuck Klempnauer's memorial is located at: Oakwood Memorial Park, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, USA.
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Louise Rosetta Steuck Klempnauer death on 9 Nov 1997 in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA
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Latitude: 36.9904709
Longitude: -121.9850159

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Parent

Verda Arvilla Strader Stubbs

(1895 - 1965)

Spouse

Leonard Ray Klempnauer Sr.

(1910 - 1974)

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