Lila Florence (Deepe) Kleinhen, 95, of Leesburg, Florida, and formerly of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2023. She was born September 18, 1928, in Wayne County, Michigan to Alma (McClure) and Frederick Deepe. She was a graduate of Sherwood High School and Warner Beauty College of Toledo. She owned and operated a beauty salon in Sherwood, Ohio for a short time. She married Robert L. Kleinhen in 1948. He preceded her in death. Lila was active with him in farming in Bryan, Ohio, for 50 years.

They had six children. Four of them preceded her in death. Duane, Daryl, Donald, and David. Diane (Robert) Dodge of Leesburg, Florida, and Deborah (Gary) Baker of Crystal Lake, Illinois survive. Daughter-in-laws, Sharon Witte, and Michelle Kleinhen both of Bryan, Ohio. Lila's sister, Mary (Edwin) Mast of Burbank, California, survives. Lila has nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. One grandchild, Jon Kleinhen preceded her in death.

During her 50 years of marriage to Robert, they traveled extensively in the US and abroad, spending winters in Florida. Lila was a member of Union Chapel Church of God for 50 years. She was a lifetime member of Women's Ministries, Sunday School and Bible School teacher, church pianist, organist, and elder. She served for 10 years on the Mission Council of The Great Lakes Conference of the Churches of God. Through this she visited mission fields of India, Bangladesh, Haiti, and Navaho Nation in Arizona, Lila served on the board of Williams County Sanctuary and was a member of Jolly Homemakers and Sweet Adeline singer for eight years. While living in Florida, she became a member of the South Lake Christian Church and helped the ladies of Leesburg make quilts as a mission project. Lila loved God, her family, and everyone was a friend. Her lifetime mission was to be an Ambassador for Christ.

Visitation for Lila will be held Monday, December 11, 2023, from 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at Oberlin-Turnbull Funeral Home, 206 North Lynn Street, Bryan. Funeral Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at the funeral home with Pastor Dennis Jones officiating. Interment will follow at Moats Cemetery, Sherwood.

In lieu of flowers, the family request donations to The Sanctuary or The Union Chapel Church of God.

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