ALTONA, MB

Celebrated across the southeast for his impeccable ing, Klaas B. Kehler, of Altona, is set to retire later this month after a four-decade long career. Kehler was renowned for his ability to go back to the truck and get the nail gun, and also to hold the ladder while Helmut Guenther went up on the roof.

“It’s been a good long run,” said Kehler. “I’ve gone and gotten stuff for more competent workers for decades, and now it’ll be nice to take a break for once.”

During his career, Kehler worked for Guenther Construction, Herman’s Electrical, and briefly in the 1980s at an auto mechanics shop in Plum Coulee where he held and got stuff for Abram Peters.

“He was an excellent getter of stuff,” explained Peters. “He didn’t work for me for very long before he moved up in the world as

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