BARTON L. KLINE II
Funeral services for Barton L. Kline II, 77, of Lexington will be at 11 a.m. Monday , Aug. 27, 2001, at the United Methodist Church in Lexington, with Rev. Todd Karges officiating. Visitation will be Sunday, Aug. 26, 2001, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington. He died Thursday, Aug. 23, 2001, at his home near Lexington. Memorials are suggested to the donor's choice.
He was born Sept. 2, 1923, at Alliance to Barton and Beth D. (Eaton) Kline. Barton's father was Superintendent of Schools in Bridgeport, where Barton attended school until the eighth grade. After that, the family moved to Gothenburg where Barton graduated from high school with the class of 1941. He went on to attend college at Iowa State University at Ames, Iowa. It was in March 1943 that he was asked to serve his country during WWII in the United States Army. He served until the war was over in December of 1941. It was during this time that he married his sweetheart, Marian Nisley, on Aug. 15, 1943, at Gothenburg.
Following his discharge from the service, he went on to finish his education at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, in 1950. Barton's first teaching job was in Holdrege, where he taught and coached for two years. He moved his family to Lexington in 1951, when he began to farm. He farmed east of Lexington until 1967. He then went on to teach at the Lexington Junior High. He taught Earth Science until his retirement from teaching in 1987. Following his second retirement, he helped his son Kurt on the farm, traveled, gardened and just enjoyed his retirement.
He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Lexington, a past member of the Lexington Rotary, a member of the "Three Coin Club," the Dawson County Historical Society and the Lexington Community Concert Association.
His interests were varied; from his love for music and family, to Nebraska football, gardening and Elderhostels.
Survivors include his wife, Marian Kline of Lexington; four sons, Bart III (Linda) of Boise, Ida., Scott (Diana) of Salt Lake City, Utah, Todd (Ruth) of Hastings and Kurt of Lexington; two daughters, Christin (Rick) Roffers of Waverly and Gretchen (Bob) Bricker of Colorado Springs, Colo.; eight grandchildren, Bart and Faith Kline and Ben Kline of Boise, Ida., Scott, Burke and Brynn Kline of Hastings, T. J. Roffers of Lincoln, Paige and Kurt Bricker of Colorado Springs, Colo.; one step-granddaughter, Shelby Robinson of Lincoln; and one great-grandson, Maxwell Kline of Boise, Ida. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Donald.
Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington is in charge of arrangements.