[PRCo] Larry Kline

[D Brashear]

I do a Good Friday trip to the Pitt Archives with the P&LE Historical
Society folks every year (which I am about to head to now) and fully
expected to see him today
until I checked my email after work.


On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>wrote:

> Larry was a longtime PTM member.  I believe I met him on one occasion.
>  Sad to hear that he's gone.
>
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> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org [mailto:
> pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org] On Behalf Of D Brashear
> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 8:51 PM
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> Subject: [PRCo] Larry Kline
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> Unsure if any of you knew Larry Kline. He was a member of several
> historical societies that I was and I expected to see him tomorrow at the
> Pitt Archives.
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> > I have very sad news.  Larry Kline, one of our long term volunteers, has
> died.  Larry recently had a stent put in, but that had nothing to do with
> his death, as far as I know.  His wife Dana called to give me the news and
> to get a statement for the obituary about his volunteer work at Lewistown.
>  He had a hemorrhagic stroke sometime yesterday (a blood vessel burst in
> his brain).  He was in his upstairs office at the time and was able to call
> 911 and Dana�s cell phone.  He got downstairs and let in the emergency
> crew.  He died sometime this morning.  Dana said the stroke was too severe
> to survive, and he would have had no quality of life, if he had survived.
> >
> >
> > Dana said Larry will be cremated this month.  I don�t know whetherthere
> will be a service at that time.  She mentioned that there will be a
> memorial gathering sometime in May, where his friends will gather at the
> house to run the trains in his honor.  No word on a date at this time.
> >
> > I will send further information as received.
> >
> >
> > We have lost a faithful volunteer, a colleague in our shared interest,
> and most of all a true friend.
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> >
> > Bob Johnson
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