Jack Klaus
Jack R. Klaus, 85, of Borger, died Friday, April 4, 2008 at Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice in Amarillo, TX.
Mr. Klaus was born on December 6, 1922 in a log cabin on top of the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas .He was a
retired Shift Superintendent from Phillips Petroleum Company, a member of First Christian Church in Borger,
Adobe Walls Lodge # 1355 and the 32nd Degree Mason and the Shriners Khiva Temple of Amarillo. He also
served several years on the Phillips Blackhawk Independent School Board. He married Elouise Geraldean
Jackson February 9, 1942 in Seminole, OK.
Mr. Klaus turned 19 on December 6, 1941 and the next day on December 7, 1941, a turning point in American
history, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. During that period, Mr. Klaus lived in Los Angeles and worked for
McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Corp where he then decided to join the Army Air Corps. He moved back to OK
and joined, being assigned as an Engine Mechanic for the B-24 bomber. He then attended several years of
schooling for assignment to the top-secret development of the B-29 bomber.
He was preceded in death by his wife on May 22, 2005 and a brother A.J.”Dutch” Klaus in 2002 and his parents
Andy Joe & Rosa Mary (Jones) Klaus
Survivors include a son; Ronnie Jack Klaus & wife Kay of Borger; a daughter JoAnn Luna & husband Ruben of
Fritch; a sister Leota Greenleaf of Bay City, Michigan; 5 grandchildren, Rusty Jack Klaus of Amarillo, Donald
Jack Wilson of Rifle, Co, Kayla Clark of Guymon, OK, Christina Reasor of Fritch and Hannah Klaus of Borger; 6
great-grandchildren and 2 great great-grandchildren
Services will be 2:00 AM, Monday, April 7, 2008 at Brown’s Chapel Of The Fountains in Borger with burial at
Highland Park Cemetery following.
Mr. Klaus was born on December 6, 1922 in a log cabin on top of the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas .He was a
retired Shift Superintendent from Phillips Petroleum Company, a member of First Christian Church in Borger,
Adobe Walls Lodge # 1355 and the 32nd Degree Mason and the Shriners Khiva Temple of Amarillo. He also
served several years on the Phillips Blackhawk Independent School Board. He married Elouise Geraldean
Jackson February 9, 1942 in Seminole, OK.
Mr. Klaus turned 19 on December 6, 1941 and the next day on December 7, 1941, a turning point in American
history, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. During that period, Mr. Klaus lived in Los Angeles and worked for
McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Corp where he then decided to join the Army Air Corps. He moved back to OK
and joined, being assigned as an Engine Mechanic for the B-24 bomber. He then attended several years of
schooling for assignment to the top-secret development of the B-29 bomber.
He was preceded in death by his wife on May 22, 2005 and a brother A.J.”Dutch” Klaus in 2002 and his parents
Andy Joe & Rosa Mary (Jones) Klaus
Survivors include a son; Ronnie Jack Klaus & wife Kay of Borger; a daughter JoAnn Luna & husband Ruben of
Fritch; a sister Leota Greenleaf of Bay City, Michigan; 5 grandchildren, Rusty Jack Klaus of Amarillo, Donald
Jack Wilson of Rifle, Co, Kayla Clark of Guymon, OK, Christina Reasor of Fritch and Hannah Klaus of Borger; 6
great-grandchildren and 2 great great-grandchildren
Services will be 2:00 AM, Monday, April 7, 2008 at Brown’s Chapel Of The Fountains in Borger with burial at
Highland Park Cemetery following.
