Paul Edward KLAPTHOR

1958 - 2005  (47 years)

• Name	Paul Edward KLAPTHOR  [1, 2]
  Birth	1958	La Plata, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Education	he was a graduate of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York  [1]
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina PAUL E. KLAPTHOR Paul Edward Klapthor, 46, husband of Susan Krotz Klapthor, died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005 at the Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia. Born in La Plata, Md., he was a son of the late Frank Edward Klapthor and the late Margaret Brown Klapthor. Mr. Klapthor was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church. He was senior vice president and co-owner of American Forest Management Inc. He was a graduate of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. He was a member of the Society of American Foresters. Surviving are his wife of Sumter; two sons, Brent Gerald Klapthor and Gibson Arthur Edward Klapthor, both of Sumter; a sister, Frances Klapthor Andrews of Baltimore, Md.; a brother, Carlson Brown Klapthor of Washington, D.C.; and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in St. Jude Catholic Church. Pallbearers will be Frank McLeod, Gary Bratton, Preston Fout, Steve Truesdale, Mike Bozzo, Patrick Ulmen, Blake Fulton and David Trebel. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. G. Tripp Jones, Dr. Eddie Duffy and Tammy Cooper. Burial will be in St. Ignatius Church Cemetery in Port Tobacco, Md., at a later date. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with a Prayer Service beginning at 8 p.m. and other times at the home, 2800 Windmill Drive. Memorials may be made to Wilson Hall School Building Fund, 2801 Wise Drive, Sumter, SC 29150; the Lance Armstrong Cancer Foundation, P.O. Box 130819, Houston, Texas 77219-0819; or to the St. Jude Catholic Church Building Fund, 611 W. Oakland Ave., Sumter, SC 29150. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements. Posted in Obits on Tuesday, December 6, 2005  [1, 2]
  Occupation	he was senior vice president and co-owner of American Forest Management Inc.
  Religion	he was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church
  _UID	482B0E833C474455A60CE4F0C12E274D09A7
  Death	4 Dec 2005	Lexington Medical Center, West Columbia, South Carolina
  Burial	7 Dec 2005	St. Ignatius Church Cemetery, Port Tobacco, Maryland (at a later date)   [1]
  	Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home & Cremtory, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I167735	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2011

  
  

  Father	Frank Edward KLAPTHOR,   b. 1915, Erie, Pennsylvania d. 12 May 1994, George Washington University Hospital (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Margaret BROWN
  _UID	3AD5F9A41ECE404285B0178F759AE9A08D82
  _UID	3AD5F9A41ECE404285B0178F759AE9A08D82
  Family ID	F114315	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan KROTZ
  _UID	5AB0B770DC864DCEBFC892C332EC30DBB366
  _UID	5AB0B770DC864DCEBFC892C332EC30DBB366
  Children	1. Brent Gerald KLAPTHOR   2. Gibson Arthur Edward KLAPTHOR
  Family ID	F114314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

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  [S5980] Paul E. Klapthor. [S7622] Frank E. Klapthor.