James Kline

1939 - 2010

James Kline age 71, of Perry, IA died Saturday November. 27, 2010 at Dallas County Hospital in Perry.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 10 a.m. at the Perry Bible Church in Perry. Visitation will be Tuesday, November 30, 2010 from 2 to 8 p.m. with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Carris Family Funeral Home.
Burial will be at the Prairie Center Cemetery south of Dawson. Memorials will be given to the family to be distributed at a later date to causes that were special to Jim.
James Richard Kline was born on March 25, 1939 in Waterloo, Iowa to Robert L. and Helen (McElroy) Kline.

He grew up in Waterloo, Iowa and graduated from West High and then continued his education at the University of Northern Iowa with a degree in Speech Pathology. He was united in marriage to Karen Summy on November 30, 1963 at the United Methodist Church in Yale, Iowa.
In his younger years, Jim worked in various jobs including U.S. Forestry Service in Bovill, ID, John Deere Works in Waterloo, IA and the YMCA at Phantom Lake in Mukwonago, WI. After college, Jim was a Speech Pathologist for Jasper County, IA. Then he went on to Perry High School and started the very first Special Education class at the secondary level.
He also was the first girls track coach and assisted coaching girls' basketball. He was the Director of Special Education for nine counties in and around Ogallala, Nebraska. He retired as an Educational Consultant for Heartland AEA 11.
Jim was a member of the Perry Bible Church, Perry Lions Club, Perry Golf and Country Club, Perry Elks Lodge, and the Society of Retired Educators (SORE).
Jim enjoyed playing golf and wood carving. But the most important thing of all to Jim was his family. Family took precedence over all other activities in Jim's life.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Helen Kline.
Survivors include his wife, Karen Kline, Perry, IA, two daughters: Michelle Anne Kline Bandy (Scott) and Kathleen Marie Kline Persell (Jim), two sisters: Janet Pagel and Joyce Gasperi, brother-in-law Verlin Summy (Laura) and four grandchildren; Nathan Bandy, Aaron Bandy, Cole Persell and Tara Persell.