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Betty Kline Obituary

Betty Gene Monroe Leonard Kline
MOORESVILLE -- Betty Kline, 72, of Columbus, Ohio, died Wednesday November 17, 2010. Born September 23, 1938 in Durham, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Virgil Lyston Monroe and Mary Bell Cook Monroe. Betty attended Mooresville High School and graduated from Beecher High School in Flint, Michigan. She graduated from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a degree in Business Administration and attended Pfeiffer College for her MBA. Betty retired from A. Schulman, Inc. in Birmingham, Michigan.
Betty was a true lover of the arts. She was a talented musician and artist and she loved literature. Betty also loved and enjoyed sports and continued to bowl, golf and play tennis until her recent illness. While living in Mooresville, Betty was a member of Fieldstone Presbyterian Church and Broad Street United Methodist Church. She was a member of the choir at both churches and active in Sunday school and worked in the nursery at Broad Street United Methodist Church for many years. Betty always said her blessings come from her family and wonderful friends.
She is survived by her husband, Larry Kline of Columbus, Ohio. Other survivors include her children, Bradley J. Leonard and wife Meryle of Mooresville and Mary Scott and husband Dean of Newton, North Carolina; stepdaughters, Chris Kiplinger of Mentor, Ohio and Kim Zimmer and husband Pat of Columbus, Ohio; sister, Juanita Moore and husband Thomas of Cornelius, North Carolina; grandchildren, Jackie Kiplinger and great-granddaughter Haley, Matthew and Olivia Zimmer, Keona Foye and a very special grandson, Bradley 'Jay' Leonard II.
A son, Bobby Joe Leonard Jr., preceded her in death.
Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, November 22, 2010 at Broad Street United Methodist Church with Rev. Amy Freeze officiating. Burial will follow in Glenwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 21, 2010 at Cavin-Cook Funeral Home in Mooresville, North Carolina.

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Published by Charlotte Observer on Nov. 20, 2010.

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James A. and Shenita Josey

November 21, 2010

To the Kline and Leonard family, We share with you as you mourn the loss of your beloved Betty. Although we have only known Betty for a short time, it was the quality of those moments shared that we shall cherish the most. Rest assured that Betty is at Peace with Her Lord and Savior whom she professed throughout her illness.
May you find Peace in knowing this.

Earth has no Sorrow that Heaven cannot Heal.

Hilda Morton

November 20, 2010

Thoughts are with her family. I remember Betty when I was growing up in Broad St. Church. She was always so nice to me and all of the kids. Mary, I would love hearing from you. If you are on facebook contact me. Hilda Lyles Morton

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