Sacramento County
Biographies
J. BERNHARD KLUNE
A native of Hanover, Germany, born May 31,
1849, son of J. D. and Mary Klune, this well known
and popular jeweler of Sacramento came to the United States in 1868 and has
proven himself such an adopted son as his chosen country may well be proud of.
He had attended public school and then private schools in his native land until
he was fourteen years of age, and the following four years he had industriously
and determinedly devoted to an acquisition of a knowledge
of the jeweler's trade. That knowledge he gained by actual work under skilled
and well-informed masters who saw to it that he was not neglected in any
feature of their ancient and beautiful handicraft. Consequently, at nineteen,
he was well fitted for the career he had chosen, and his experience has
demonstrated that he made no mistake in choosing Sacramento as a field for his
endeavors toward success.
Soon after his arrival in America he
settled at Sacramento, where he was employed as a watchmaker by his uncle until
1879. He then embarked in the jewelry business for himself, and his success is
well known to all observing citizens of Sacramento. His business prospered
almost from the outset and was enlarged from time to time until in 1907 it was
found necessary to incorporate it, which measure brought it prominently before
the public under the style of Klune & Floberg. Mr. Klune was elected
president of the company, and he has been its general manager, planning its
business and directing the steady advancement which has brought it into the
front rank of concerns of its kind in California. He is a member of Washington
Lodge No. 20, F. & A. M., Sacramento Chapter No. 3, R. A. M., Sacramento Commandery No. 2, K. T., and is also a Scottish Rite thirty-second degree Mason and member of Islam Temple,
N. M. S., of San Francisco. In addition, he affiliates with the Elks, the
Foresters and the Maccabees. In religion he is a
Lutheran, in politics a Republican. He married in Sacramento, May 2, 1879, Miss
Emma Rave, and they had one child, Bernhard R., who passed away aged thirty-two
years.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Willis,
William L., History of Sacramento County,
California, Pages 830-831. Historic
Record Company,
© 2006 Sally Kaleta.