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Klassen, Lloyd Neal (1940-2003)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Dec 29 p. 8
Birth date: 1940 Jun 27
text of obituary:
LLOYD KLASSEN
Lloyd Neal Klassen, 63, of LaVerne, Calif., died Nov. 26, 2003, at Ember Health Care Center of Pomona due to an ataxia called Machado-Joseph Disease. He was born June 27, 1940, at Patterson to George and Leah (Leppke) Klassen.
He graduated from Immanuel High School of Reedley in 1959 and attended Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kan. He graduated from Fresno State College in 1962 and received his master's degree from Cal State at Los Angeles in 1970.
He was a business teacher at Berean Academy, Elbing, Kan., from 1962 to 1965 before becoming a high school teacher in Baldwin Park, Calif., and Rio Hondo Community College in Whittier.
He was active for many years at Grace Church of Glendora, serving in leadership roles there.
Survivors include his wife, Kathy; three children, Manley of Ventura, Douglas of Atlanta, Ga., and Janelle of San Diego; three brothers, Robert of Arlington, Va., Victor of San Jose and Roy of Fresno; and six grandchildren.
Memorial services were held at Grace Church of Glendora.