Children
Eleanor Kline
Ruth Kline
2nd Mabel B. Smith
Sibling(s):
Sarah
Kline
Philip M. Kline
John H. Kline |
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Easton Express, Monday, September 4, 1961, Page 1
John H. Kline, Retired Easton Banker, Dies
Easton Trust Officer Was Leader In Tall Cedars Of Lebanon
John H. Kline, 67, former vice president of the Easton Trust
Co. and former supreme treasurer of the Supreme Forest, Tall
Cedars of Lebanon, died at 2:45 a.m. today at the Causa Convalescent
Home, Easton. He was in ill health three years. His home
was at 43 N. 10th St.
Mr. Kline retired in 1958, He was associated with the Easton
Trust Co., now the Easton National Bank & Trust Co.,
for 43 years. He started as a messenger with the bank. He
was elected vice president in 1957.
He was re-elected to his eighth straight one-year tem as
supreme treasurer of the Supreme Forest, Tall Cedars of Lebanon,
in May 1954. He served as its grad tall cedar in 1929, served
o the supreme forest finance committee from 1941 until his
election as treasurer.’
Born on Oct 31, 1893, in Easton, he was a son of the late
Jacob and Laura Miller Kline. He was a lifelong resident
of Easton. He was a graduate of Lerch’s Preparatory
School.
Mr. Kline was a member of Lehigh Consistory, Dallas Lodge
396, F&AM, Easton; Rajah Temple, Reading; Easton Forest,
Tall Cedars of Lebanon; Bethlehem Shrine Club, Pomfret Club,
Easton, and the Northampton County Bankers Association. He
also was a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church.
Surviving are his widow, the former Mabel B. Smith; two
daughters, Eleanor, wife of Harry Cooley, Cleveland, Ohio,
and Ruth, wife of William Nixon, of Birmingham, Mich; a sister,
Sarah, wife of Lester Allshouse, Newark, N.J., and five granddaughters.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Ashton
Funeral Home, Easton.
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