Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Klepper, Frank November 27, 1957
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Virginian-Pilot November 29, 1957
VIRGINIA BEACH — Frank Klepper, 72, retired naval architect and marine engineer 
with more than 32 years of Federal service, died Wednesday at 10:45 at the 
Virginia Beach Hospital.
He was the husband of Mrs. Margaret Rauscher Klepper and resided here at
12th street and Mediterranean avenue.
A native of Norfolk, son of Joseph and Mrs. Julia Schopf Klepper. He had made 
his home at the beach the last 20 years. At the time of his illness, he was 
employed by the Coastal Engineering Co., naval architects and marine engineers, 
of Norfolk.
Mr. Klepper ended more than three decades of government service when he retired 
from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard May 31, 1955.
A 1909 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, he took a B.S. 
degree in mechanical engineering. Later he completed a number of courses at the 
University of Virginia, including one on naval architecture.
Prior to his employment at the Naval Shipyard, he had varied engineer experience 
with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Instrument & Browning Engineering Co., of 
Cleveland, the National Sheet & Tube Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa.; the Aluminum Corp. 
of America, Ogdensburg, N.Y.; Hoff-Dalen Aircraft Co. and the National Advisory 
Committee for Aeronautics, Langley Air Force Base.	

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