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Thomas Kleppe Obituary

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THE HONORABLE THOMAS S. KLEPPE

On Friday March 2, 2007, THOMAS SAVIG KLEPPE of Bethesda, MD, beloved husband of Glendora Loew Kleppe; devoted father of Janis Cunningham of Walland, TN, Thomas Kleppe of Pembroke Pines, FL, Jane Sutermeister of Bluemont, VA, and Jill McClelland of Bethesda, MD; brother of the late Leland Kleppe, Kay Wilson and Jack Kleppe. Grandfather of Kirk Cunningham, Brett Cunningham, Julie Barton, Kara Smith, Thomas Kleppe, Kailyn Kieppe, Andrew Sutermeister, Matthew Sutermeister, Haley McClelland, Jack McClelland and Jay McClelland; great-grandfather of Kyle and Katie Cunningham, Davis Smith and Cody Barton. Relatives and friends are invited to call at JOSEPH GAWLER'S SONS CHAPEL, 5130 Wisconsin Ave., NW (at Harrison St., NW), Washington, DC on Friday March 9, 2007 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Services will be held at Fourth Presbyterian Church, 5500 River Road Bethesda, MD 20816 on Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 2 p.m. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 1 p.m. Meet at Administration Building at 12:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made in Tom Kleppe's name to the Building Expansion Project at Fourth Presbyterian Church at the above address or to the Alzheimer's Association National Capital Area Chapter, PO Box 549, Fairfax, VA 22038-0549.

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Published by The Washington Post from Mar. 6 to Mar. 8, 2007.

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Geoffrey Steele

March 27, 2007

I served under Mr. Kleppe at the Department of Interior during his tenure as Secretary. Those were challenging times. My thanks for his wise leadership and may I express condolences to his family.

GayLynn Mann

March 14, 2007

Dear Glen and Family,

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this sad time. We enjoyed having Tom as part of the Friends Club.

GayLynn Mann
Director
Friends Club
Bethesda, MD.

Wally Kissel

March 14, 2007

Tom - Whom I learned so much from as a young man, during our many week-end tournament trips with the Glass Wax Bowling Team, 1959-60-61. Our conversations remain priceless - you truly came down from a higher league. Blessed peace forever to you.

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