ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: KLEKAMP, AMBER WILLIAMS 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: The St. Tammany News, St. Tammany, La.

Posted: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 

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Amber Williams Klekamp passed away April 7, 2012.

She was born in New Orleans to the late John Junius Williams Sr. and Myrtle 
Baker Williams and is survived by her beloved husband of 23 years, Thomas 
Klekamp; her daughter, Helen Chick Becker; two grandchildren, John Ransom 
Becker and Thomas Mitchell Becker; son-in-law, Ransom Fuess Becker; brother and 
sister-in-law, John Junius Williams Jr., and Kathy Duhon Williams; sister and 
brother-in-law, Mary Catherine Williams Blunschi and Alton Blunschi; nieces, 
Megan Blunschi Walvoord, Sarah Blunschi Lopez, Susan Williams Wright and Amber 
Williams; and nephews, Benjamin Williams Blunschi and Abel Allen Duhon. 

Amber graduated from Warren Easton High School and earned her Bachelor’s degree 
in English from Newcomb College and a Master’s degree in English from Tulane 
University. 
For 33 years, she was a teacher in the St. Tammany Parish School System, 30 of 
those at Mandeville High School, where she taught on-level and honors British 
literature as well as being chairman of the English Department.

She was a member of Beau Chene Country Club and also enjoyed golf at Michigan’s 
Leland Country Club in the summer. An avid gardener, she recently completed the 
Louisiana Master Gardener Program, applying her skills to the gardens of the 
New Orleans Opera Association’s Guild Home in the Garden District. She was a 
member of the Board of Governors of the Women’s Guild of the New Orleans Opera 
Association. She also enjoyed being a docent and meeting worldwide visitors to 
the Guild Home.

A private memorial service is planned at her home in May. 
Memorials may be made to the “Amber Williams Klekamp Scholarship Fund” at Berea 
College, CPO 2216 Berea, KY 40404.

Arrangements by Bagnell & Son Funeral Home of Covington. 

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