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     Clayton Franklin Kline was born on 11 August 1928, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, PA.^4,5 He married Helen Vesta Erdman on 13 March 1943, United Brethren Church Parsonage, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.^6,1 Clayton Franklin Kline died on 9 April 1998, Schuylkill Manor, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 69.^5,4
Newspaper obituary:
Clayton F. Kline
Clayton Franklin Kline, 72, of 1355 W. Main St., Valley View, died Thursday at Schuylkill Manor, Pottsville.
Born in Hegins Township, Aug. 11, 1925, he was a son of the late Ray and Martha Schaffer Kline.
He was a retired breaker operator for Pine Creek Coal Co., Spring Glen.
He was a member of St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, Valley View, where he was a former trustee and former member of the administration board and nominations/personnel committee and member of the Men's Bible Class; Valley Lodge 797, F&AM, Valley View; Harrisburg Consistory; life member of Valley View Fire Company and a member of Independent Miners Association.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Dianna Kline and two brothers, Warren and Roy.
Surviving are his wife, the former Helen Erdman, to whom he was married 55 years; a daughter, Joan Hepner, RD1 Hegins; a son, Jeffrey, Valley View; two brothers, Charles, Spring Glen, and Clair, RD1 Hegins; two sisters, Verna Shadle, Pottsville and Ethel Chubb, Lykens; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Andrew's UM Church. The Rev. H. Raymond Brooks will officiate. Interment will be in St. Andrew's Cemetery, Valley View. Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View, is charge of arrangements.
Republican and Herald, April 10, 1998, Page 3.⁵
He was buried at Saint Andrews United Methodist Church Cemetery, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.³