Posted: 1/8/03

Funeral remembers 3 Kluk children

The children of Robert and Carolyn Kluk were remembered as kind, talented, bright, gentle and tenacious during a memorial service on New Yearís Eve at Forest Lake High School. The gathering was in memory of Erin Kluk, 18, Andrea, 15, and Rob, 13, who died in a collision on I-35E near White Bear Lake on Dec. 27, 2002. The crash also claimed the life of Gary Baar, 47, of St. Paul, who was driving a van that was struck by the vehicle carrying the three youth. The two-hour program on Dec. 31 followed a three-hour visitation that drew hundreds of well-wishers who turned out to support the Kluks and their three surviving children, Dan, Brian and Leanne. High school officials said the memorial service crowd in the gymnasium was near 600. The program was a celebration of the lives of the three kids who attended Forest Lake Area Schools and were active at Faith Lutheran Church in Forest Lake.

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