Linda J Wibirt-Klapthor
January 15th, 1953 - September 18th, 2016
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Linda's Obituary
Linda J. Wibirt-Klapthor, 63, of Coloma, passed away, Sunday, September 18, 2016 at Lakeland Community Hospital in Watervliet.
A Celebration of Linda’s life will be held from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM Saturday, September 24 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 63559 60th Ave, Hartford, MI 49057. Memorial donations may be made to the family in care of her daughter Samantha. Those wishing to sign Linda’s Memory Book online may do at www.starks-menchinger.com.
Linda was born January 15, 1953 in Detroit to Wayne W. & Evelyn L (Kent) Wibirt. On August 18, 1973 she married Karl E. Klapthor in Detroit. Linda devoted her life to teaching, she was a teacher in the Benton Harbor school district for 33 years until she retired. After retirement she traveled to Abu Dhabi to teach with the Teach Away, Inc. Linda has been volunteering at the Immaculate Conception Catholic church in Hartford as a classroom assistant and teaching English as a second language class.
Linda is survived by her daughter-Samantha Klapthor of Coloma; sisters-Barbara Lipp of Maryland, Mary Wibirt of Troy, MI and June (Bill) Carter of Plymouth, MI; along with numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Karl.
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