We pray for Rev. Robert Kleinke’s family and friends, especially his wife Joanne, after his death on July 12, 2022, following hospitalization while visiting family in Minnesota. He passed peacefully with his family alongside at St. Luke Hospital, Duluth MN.
Pastor Bob Kleinke was recently an interim pastor at Central Lutheran in Arizona City and Casa Grande.
A memorial service will be held at Central Lutheran (12921 Sunland Gin Rd, Arizona City, AZ 85123), on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 11 am. A luncheon will follow the service. All clergy are invited to arrive by 10:30 am to vest and process. Color of the day will be white.
Any cards be sent to Joanne’s Arizona address. At this time she does not know where exactly she will be staying and will be looking forward to the cards when she gets back home.
A prayer service was held around the cross at Central Lutheran’s Arizona City campus at 7 pm on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. This was be an opportunity to pray, be with one another, to share, comfort, and fellowship.
A Minnesota memorial service was held at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (219 N 6th Ave E. Duluth Mn 55805), at 11 am on Saturday July 16, 2022.
“O God of grace and glory, we remember before you our brother, Pastor Bob Kleinke. We thank you for giving him to us to know and to love as a companion in our pilgrimage on earth. In your boundless compassion, console us who mourn. Give us faith to see that death has been swallowed up in the victory of our Lord, Jesus Christ, so that we may live in confidence and hope until, by your call, we are gathered to our heavenly home in the company of all your saints; through Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord.”