Dora J. Kline

Dora J. Kline, 98, of Hegins, passed away Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill E. Norwegian Street, Pottsville.

She was born Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1923, in Valley View, a daughter of the late Earl Koppenhaver and the late Bessie A. (Bixler) Koppenhaver.

She was a 1940 graduate of the former Hegins Township High School.

Dora was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Valley View.

Her husband, Warren R. Kline, passed away in 1995. She was also preceded in death by her parents; by a son, Robert W. Kline; two brothers, Laverne Koppenhaver and Forrest Koppenhaver.

She is survived by a daughter, Karen L. Hinkel and her husband, Allen, of Hegins; a daughter-in-law, Rebecca K. Kline and her companion, Darryl Miller, of Hegins; four grandchildren, Jared Hinkel and his wife, Elizabeth, Ashley Schwalm and her husband, Matthew, Kurt Kline and his wife, Laura, and Drew Kline and his companion, Caity Conrad; eight great-grandchildren, Luke Hinkel, Vivian Hinkel, Naomi Schwalm, Josie Schwalm, Eliana Schwalm, Caroline Kline, Charlotte Kline, and Lawton Mangine; a brother, Donald Koppenhaver, of Greencastle; nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View, with the Rev. Lee Diefenderfer officiating. A viewing will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be made in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Valley View. Condolences can be left for the family at www.buffingtonreed.com.