Paul R. Klier

1945 - 2019

KLIER, Paul R. Paul R. Klier, son of Esther Elizabeth Bracher and Werner Adolph Klier, was born August 22, 1945, in Fredericksburg, Texas. He attended Harlandale Junior High and High School in San Antonio where he was the Drum Major. He graduated from Texas Lutheran College in Seguin and taught English in AISD at Travis, Crockett, and Anderson High Schools. During the Vietnam Era, he served in the U.S. Army on the DMZ in Korea. Paul married Betje Black Luedecke in 1972. After he received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Texas, he worked at Intel, then Texas Instruments in Austin. Hewlett-Packard drew him to Cupertino, California, where they lived in Palo Alto from 1991-1999. He joined the Disaster Survival Planning Network as Vice President and returned to Austin permanently in 1998, retiring in 2010 to become a full-time grandfather. Stricken with Parkinson's disease for many years, he lived at Sundance Memory Care in Cedar Park in 2018. After his death Jan. 14, his remains were donated for scientific research. Paul is survived by his wife of 46 years, Betje Black Klier; his son Thresher Klier of Austin; his daughter Martelle Luedecke and his three grandchildren, all of Burnet: granddaughters Samm Sawyer Luedecke and Gabrielle "Briezie" Luedecke and grandson Hudson James-Paul Wathen Luedecke, who carries forward his Christian name. Pre-deceased by their brother William Klier in 2006, Paul is also survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Nolan and Barbara Klier of Plano and sister-in-law Nora Klier of Houston; brother-in-law Sinclair Black and sister-in-law Susan Morehead of Austin, plus numerous nieces & nephews. *At noon on Saturday, March 30, 2019, a Celebration and thanks for the life of Paul Klier will be held in Zion Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg, Texas, where he was baptized and confirmed by his maternal grandfather, the Reverend Frederick Bracher.