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- S/O Norval N. and Maude Lamont Kline. He was a 1932 graduate of Hutchinson High School. He attended Hutchinson Junior College and graduated from the University of Kansas in 1936. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was retired president of the Kline Insurance Agency, working from 1946 to 1992.
He belonged to Park Place Christian Church. He was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma Honorary Society with the KU School of Business, Lysle Rishel American Legion Post No. 68, Bob Campbell Veterans of Foreign Wars, served on the Board of Directors at Central Bank and Trust Co., past chairman of the former Grace Hospital during the merger into Hutchinson Hospital, served on the boards of Health Care Inc. and the Hutchinson Hospital, past president and served on the boards of USD No. 308 Hutchinson public schools, Hutchinson Kiwanis Club, Hutchinson Symphony, Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce, Prairie Dunes Country Club, the Kansas Association of Insurance Agents and was a State Director serving on the National Association of Insurance Agents. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army during World War II, serving as a First Lieutenant, 4th Armored Division from 1943 to 1946, receiving the Bronze Star Medal and the Battlefield Commission.
On Aug. 17, 1940, he married Dorothy Shields in Dallas, Texas. She died July 8, 1996. He was preceded in death by a son, Stephen Kent Kline; and a brother, John Kline.
Hutchinson Newspaper
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- Hutchinson - Kline, William L., 91, retired Kline Insurance Agency president, died Jan. 23, 2006. Service 10:30 Thursday, Park Place Christian Church. Survivors: son. W. Michael Kline of Lawrence; brother Norval N. Kline Jr. of Hutchinson; 2 grandchildren. Elliot Mortuary.
The Wichita Eagle. Wichita, Kansas. Tuesday, 24 January 2006
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