Claude Jerome Fallos, 69, Rib Lake, died Monday, Dec. 17 at his home surrounded by his family and under the care of Hope Hospice and Palliative Care. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, Dec. 21 at 11 a.m. at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Rib Lake, with Father Bernie Byrne officiating. Interment will full military honors conducted the Lehman-Clendenning American Legion Post No. 274 of Rib Lake will take place at St. Ann's Cemetery in the Town of Greenwood. Pallbearers are Mark Fallos, Rodney Fallos, Richard Weinzatl, James Wellman, Joseph Ziembo, Robert Maxwell and Daniel Schneider.

Visitation will be held Thursday, Dec. 20 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Good Shepherd Catholic Church with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m., and at the church on Friday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service.

Dallmann-Kniewel Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake assisted the family with arrangements.

Claude Fallos was born April 22, 1938 in Dellwood to the late Willie and Rubey (Higgins) Fallos. He attended grade school in Dellwood and high school in Friendship. He served from 1955 to 1957 in the United States Army as a tank driver.

On June 28, 1958 in Waukegan, Ill., he married Arlene Elizabeth Thums, who survives. They lived in West Allis where he was employed at Harley-Davidson and also with a highway construction company. They then moved to Rib Lake where he was employed at Hurd Windows and Doors as a security guard, then at Blount Mfg. as a welder and assembler for 34 years, retiring in 2000. He then worked part-time at Great Northern Cabinetry in Rib Lake for one year and was currently a security guard for Per Mar at Blount Mfg.

He was a member of Good Shepherd Catholic Church and Lehman-Clendenning American Legion Post No. 274. He enjoyed spending time with his family, playing his guitar especially on Sunday mornings, listening to country music, fishing and ice fishing, taking drives and hunting.

In addition to his wife, survivors include his children, Pamela (Richard) Weinzatl of Ogema, Mark of Rib Lake, Blanche (James) Wellman of Medford, and Rodney (Brenda), Rhonda (Joseph) Ziembo, Claudette (Robert) Maxwell and Sheila (Daniel) Schneider, all of Rib Lake; a brother, Carl "Mike" of River Falls; a sister-in-law, Shirley Fallos of Sussex; six sisters and three brothers-in-law, Isabel George, Paula (John) Klein and Norma (Richard) Cekan, all of Friendship, Carol (Allen) Eineichner of Milwaukee, Gloria Bahl of Horn Lake, MS., and Dorothy Kovisto of Superior; 27 grandchildren, Becky, Sarah and Katie Weinzatl, Traci (Logan) Borchardt, Joshua (Amber), Timothy (Jennifer), Eric (Samantha) and Valerie Fallos, Jeremy, Jacob and Jerome Wellman, Jessica (Tom) Nowak, Jamie (special friend, Ken) Wellman, Heather, Bradley and Joseph Fallos, Jaclyn, Gregory, Amy and Emily Ziembo, Christen (special friend, Nick) Kathrein, Cassandra (special friend, Ryan) Kathrein, Sadie Kathrein, and Derrick, Dustin and Dilan Schneider; four great-grandchildren, Owen and Keeten Nowak and Isabella and Jaxon Fallos; nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a great-grandson, Rylan Kathrein; a brother, William; and a sister and three brothers-in-law, Ann (Harold) Rundle, Paul George and Raymond Bahl.