Ella Klinke, born on Jan. 3, 1906, died peacefully on Monday,
April 11, 2005.
Ella Klinke, born on Jan. 3, 1906, died peacefully on Monday, April 11, 2005.
She was born in San Jose and died in Gilroy. She was the daughter of Peter and Elin (Anderson) Poulson from Sweden. She went to school in a horse-driven buggy and learned to drive a Motel-T Ford in 1925.
She married John Klinke Sr., in 1936 and was a member of the Almaden Grange and the Santa Clara County Farm Bureau. She was a longtime chicken rancher and harvested prunes.
Ella had a son (John Klinke, Jr.) and a daughter (Elinor Gimenez). She moved to Morgan Hill in 1957 and was a homemaker for about 60 years.
She is survived by her son John Klinke and his wife Ruth, daughter Elinor Gimenez and her husband Tony; granddaughters Ellen Gimenez and Elaine Gimenez and husband Joe Twight; great-granddaughter Karen Munyon; and close family friends Gigi and Daniel Ruta.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John; granddaughter Heidi Klinke; three sisters; and a brother.
Private gravesides services have been held. Burial took place at Oak Hill Memorial Park in San Jose.
