Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kline, Donald Robert 2004
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The Greenville Daily News, March 2004


Donald Robert Kline, 84, of Belding passed away Saturday, March 13, 2004 at 
Greenville United Memorial Health Center, Greenville.  Donald was born October 
6, 1919 in Belding, the son of Ray and Edna Osworth Kline.

He grew up in the Belding area and graduated from Belding High School class of 
1938.  Prior to World War II he served in the Michigan National Guard as a 
quartermaster and was stationed in Grayling.  Donald joined the U.S. Army as a 
heavy equipment operator in 1942 and served 23 months in World War II in the 
South Pacific, Philippines and Manila.  He also drove staff car for Gen. 
MacArthur’s headquarters.

On May 25, 1946, at his parents’ home in Belding, Donald married Letha B. 
Peasley, the love of his life for more than 57 years.  Donald was employed 40 
years as an inspector at Extruded Metal sin Belding and retired in 1981.  
Donald was a member of Belding Bible Church.  His many hobbies included coin 
collections, stamp collecting, fishing, hunting and collecting antiques, many 
of which are in the Belding museum.  He was a Boy Scout leader of Troop 68 of 
Belding.  He was a life member of VFW Post 4406 of Belding and in the past he 
belonged to the Belding Oddfellows Lodge.

He was preceded in death by his parents; twin brother, Ronald Kline; older 
brother, Lyle Kline; and two sisters, Helen Hoffmann, Doris Laux.  He is 
survived by his wife Letha Peasley Kline; three sons and daughters-in-law, 
Roger and Johnell Buckingham, Donald Ray and Katherine Kline, all of Orleans, 
Terry Charles and Jeannie Kline of Grant; two daughters and son in law, Donna 
Jean Buckingham, Sharon and Charles Moore, all of Shelby, Montana; 11 
grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Huffman-Brigham Funeral Chapel, 
Belding, with Pastor G. Kenneth Martin officiating.  Visitation is from 7 to 9 
p.m. today at the funeral chapel.  Memorial contributions may be made to the 
Belding Bible Church. 



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