'Stan' Willis Stanley Klann

Stan was born to Veleria Angie Forman Klann and Willis Connet Klann on May 13, 1941 at the George Cornett house at 330 W. 1st Street in Prineville. He was the youngest of seven children. He and his family later moved to Madras where Stan attended and graduated from Madras High School in 1959.

After graduation, Stan spent four years in the Air Force while stationed at Riverside, California, serving as a refrigeration technician. After his Air Force service, Stan attended Central Oregon Community College and received an Associates degree in forestry. He worked for the United States Forest Service as a forestry technician.

In 1968, Stan met Edna Alicia Dent at a New Year's Eve party and they were married on August 9th of that year in Redmond, Oregon. Stan and Edna made their first home at Bear Springs Ranger Station near Mount Hood. Their daughter, Kalleen Rene, was born to them while they lived there in 1973.

In 1976, the family moved to Prineville for a job transfer with the Forest Service. They bought six and a half acres of bare pasture land on the east side of Prineville. Later that year, their son, Eric August was born. In 1979, Michael Brian was born, thus completing their family of five.

Stan was a carpenter, mechanic and farmer and was always busy building something or working on something. On what was once a barren field, Stan built a garage, large barn and in 1989 he finished the family's large traditional style farm house. It was always his goal to provide for his family, which he did well.

In 2000, Stan retired from the Forest Service after 32 years of service. In his retirement he enjoyed hunting, camping, hiking, building things, and working around the family farm. He also enjoyed spending time with his family and five grandchildren. Stan's grandchildren are 8th generation Oregonians. His great-great-great grandfather was John Turley Crooks of Millersburg, Oregon. Stan's great-great grandfather was Aaron Harlan Crooks, one of the first white settlers in Central Oregon. Crooks moved to the north slopes of Grizzly Mountain in 1870.

Stan is survived by his wife of 43 years, Edna Klann; his sister Wilda and her husband, Ronald Bryant of Redmond; his sister, Evelyn Menges, of LaGrande; his daughter, Kalleen and her husband, Martin Stoddard of Corvallis and their three children, Amelia, Andy and Adam; his son, Eric Klann and his wife Sarah and their two children, Eleanor and Emmett of Redmond; and his son, Michael Klann.

A memorial service will be held at the family home on Saturday, July 14th, 2012. Stan's ashes are planned to be scattered in the Ochoco National Forest at his request, upon the ultra top secret "Elk Slayer Ridge". We love you, Dad and we miss you very much.

Thank you for all that you have done for us. We look forward to hiking with you again someday in Paradise.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and 3 siblings.

Arrangements are in the care of Prineville Funeral Home. Please visit www.PrinevilleFuneralHome.com to share your memories or express your condolences by signing the on-line Guest Book.