William Michael Kline
1947 - 2023 (76 years)-
Name William Michael Kline [1] Birth 4 Jul 1947 Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas 
[1] Gender Male Death 1 Sep 2023 Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas [1] Burial Y [1] Person ID I1872 McKeown Last Modified 22 Oct 2025
Father William Lamont Kline, b. 11 Aug 1914, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas d. 22 Jan 2006, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas (Age 91 years) Mother Dorothy Margaret Shields, b. 19 Dec 1911, Paola, Miami County, Kansas d. 8 Jul 1996 (Age 84 years) Marriage 17 Aug 1940 Family ID F48 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 4 Jul 1947 - Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas 
Death - 1 Sep 2023 - Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - William Michael Kline died Friday, September 1, 2023, at his home. He was born July 4, 1947, in Hutchinson, Kansas to William L. and Dorothy Shields Kline. He was a graduate of Hutchinson High School and the University of Kansas. He was vice president of Kline Insurance in Hutchinson. During that time, he was active in state and national agent's associations. He later worked for the Independent Insurance Agents of America. For the last twenty years he worked for Med James, Inc. in Overland Park as a senior marketing representative. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
Mike is survived by his wife, Betty of the home; daughter Alden Watts and her husband, Rob of Honolulu, Hawaii; son Andrew Kline and his wife, Kathryn Young of Blanchard, Oklahoma; grandsons Chip Watts and Pete Watts; sisters-in-law Pam Kline of Hutchinson, Anne Bland of Rogers, Arkansas, Connie Slocomb of Livingston, Texas; and brother-in-law, Tom Tucker of Combs, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by his brother, Stephen Kline.
A celebration of Mike's life will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 14, 2023, at 1826 East 1150 Road, Lawrence, KS. It will be held outdoors.
The family suggests memorials to Hutchinson Community College Endowment Association and may be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th St., Lawrence, KS. 66044. [1, 2]
- William Michael Kline died Friday, September 1, 2023, at his home. He was born July 4, 1947, in Hutchinson, Kansas to William L. and Dorothy Shields Kline. He was a graduate of Hutchinson High School and the University of Kansas. He was vice president of Kline Insurance in Hutchinson. During that time, he was active in state and national agent's associations. He later worked for the Independent Insurance Agents of America. For the last twenty years he worked for Med James, Inc. in Overland Park as a senior marketing representative. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
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