THOMAS C. KLINE Sr.

 
THOMAS CLAYTON KLINE, SR.  CIA Official  
Thomas Clayton Kline, Colonel, 88, a retired Central Intelligence Agency officer, who had worked for its Office of Technical Services at Washington, DC, passed away February 24, 2013 of natural causes. Col. Kline was born in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Bohemia, Czech Republic on October 18, 1924. During World War II, he lived in England and was a member of the British Home Guard. In 1943 he joined his family in Quito, Ecuador where he was employed by the Foreign Economic Administration of the American Embassy. In 1945 he immigrated from Ecuador to the United States where he joined the U.S. Army. His assignments in Washington included service with the Intelligence Division, War Dept. General Staff and with the U.S Army Historical Division. In 1948 he married Ann E. Mears from Falls Church and shortly thereafter the newlyweds embarked on an Argentine vessel to celebrate their honeymoon and assignment to the U.S. Army Mission to Argentina in Buenos Aires. This was the first of several overseas tours in South America, Europe and the Far East in a long career in Intelligence that spanned six decades. His accomplishments include a B.A. with Distinction in Latin American Studies from George Washington University. Col. Kline is survived by his wife, Ann Elizabeth Mears Kline; his four children, Thomas C. Kline Jr., Diana Signe Kline, Annemarie Elizabeth Kline-Edens and Erika Theresa Kline Castro; as well as by his four grandchildren, Sean and Lucas Edens, Brenna and Ryan Castro. A memorial service will be held Monday, March 11, 2:30 p.m. at The Virginian, 9229 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax, Virginia. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.