Lloyd A. Kloepping

Lloyd A. Kloepping, age 94, of Lanark, Illinois, died Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at the Good Samaritan Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 6, 2009 at the Mt. Carroll Church of God with Pastor Rick Zickefoose officiating. Burial will be in the Lanark Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Sunday, April 5, 2009 at the Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll. Memorials may be given in Lloyd’s name for FHN Hospice and the Good Samaritan Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Mt. Carroll. Lloyd was born April 22, 1914 in Freedom Township, the son of William & Catherine (Orth) Kloepping. The farm that Lloyd was born and raised on is now under Lake Carroll. He attended the Renner Country School. Lloyd married Marilynn Freeman on February 2, 1941 in Mt. Carroll. Together they worked very hard and in 1959 they purchased two farms at Derinda near Elizabeth. They always strived to be good stewards of the land they farmed.Lloyd & Marilynn decided to retire from the long days and hard work on the farm and in 1970 they sold the Derinda farms near Elizabeth and moved to Mt. Carroll. They lived in several houses there, remodeling other homes that they used for rental properties and in 1985 finally found their dream home in Lanark where they still reside. They have been married for 68 years.Lloyd was an excellent role model for his family. He was always there with a big smile and a warm hug. He deeply cherished his sons—admiring the men and fathers his ‘boys’ had become. He was proud of all his grandsons and the women they chose to marry and is awed by the strong growing bodies and bubbling energy of his nine (soon to be eleven) great-grandchildren!Lloyd was an inveterate volunteer, always helping people around town and working at the Carroll County Senior Service Recycling Center. He loved gardening, feeding birds, and enjoyed sifting through the soil in the spring searching for arrowheads, but his favorite hobby was metal detecting. He was a faithful member of the Mt. Carroll Church of God and attended Sunday School all of his life.Lloyd is survived by his loving wife, Marilynn of Lanark; three sons, Brian & Bonita of Shannon, IL, Bruce & Carol of Brodhead, WI, and Brad & JoAnne of Princeton, IL; five grandsons, Craig & Kristin of Baileyville, IL, Barry & Sheila of Sheboygan Falls, WI, Brett & Karen of Princeton, IL, Casey & Amanda of Brodhead, WI, and Shane & Sara of Tiskilwa, IL; and nine great grandchildren, Caidin, Keileigh,Erin, Josiah, Tessa, Trent, Kennedy, Nolan and Benjamin. Lloyd was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son, Craig; two grandsons, Steven and Nathan; six sisters; and two brothers.