Joel F. Klein

Joel Francis Klein, 51, of Glenview, Illinois, died unexpectedly on September 27, 2019 in Fresno, CA. He was born July 12, 1968 in Everett, Washington to Matthew and Mary Chase Klein. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 12, at Kinsley Mortuary in Marysville.  Pastor Janelle Knowles will officiate. Burial will be in the Beattie Union Cemetery. Joel grew-up in Kirkland, Washington, Marysville, Kansas, and graduated from Thomas Edison High School in Chicago in 1986. He graduated from a CDL training institute in Iowa and was an over-the-road truck driver for 30 years. Joel enjoyed music, concerts, reading, fishing, and his dogs, Shadow, Bella, Little Bit, and Mini. On March 25, 2006, Joel married Melissa Corson in Park Ridge, Illinois. Survivors include his wife; mother; two sons, Johnathon (Amelia), Lincoln, Nebraska, and Steven, Beatrice, Nebraska; two grandsons, Joseph Klein and Kevin Klein; mother-in-law, Marilyn Corson, DesPlaines, Illinois; sister-in-law, Sheri Corson, Bensenville, Illinois; aunt, Catherine Chase Ray, Marysville; and cousin, Anthony Ray, Basehor, Kansas. He was preceded in death by his father; grandparents, Francis and Eileen Chase; and father-in-law, Don Corson. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Joel F. Klein, please visit our flower store.