Merced
Sun Star
Saturday, July 8, 1995
Annabelle Klinger, 62
Former county supervisor
Anabelle Grace Broddrick Klinger, a civic leader who lived in Merced 54 years,
died Wednesday at her home. She was 62.
Mrs. Klinger was born March 11, 1933 in Sayre, Okla. she graduated from Merced
High School in 1950 and received an associate of art-degree at Merced College.
She worked for Farmers Insurance in the early 1950s where she met her husband,
Daniel. They married in 1953.
Mrs. Klinger devoted her life to non-partisan service for more than three
decades, first as an active community volunteer , then as a meber of the Merced
County Board of Supervisors. Prior to her service on the board, she combined
volunteer work for the Mental Health Association and League of Women Voters with
Journalistic responsibilities for the Merced Sun-Star, developing a strong
interest in local government.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel Klinger, in 1993; her parents,
George Thomas Broddrick, in 1953, and Vivian Grace Reyburn Broddrick, in 1992,
and two brothers, LaVonne "Dink" Broddrick and Arly Broddrick.
Survivors include a daughter, Anne Eileen Klinger of San Francisco; a son,
Daniel Klinger of Monterey; a sister, Rita Kidd of Catheys Valley and a brother,
Loris Broddrick of Los Banos.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Christian Life Center, with
Chaplain Steve Gossett of Merced Community Medical Center and the Rev. Napoleon
Washington Jr. of Christian Life Center presiding.
Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park in Merced.
Memorial contributions may be made to: Merced College Foundation for the
Annabelle Broddrick Klinger Scholarship for Woman in Public Administration, or
to the Merced Community Medical Center Foundation for the Ann Klinger Diagnostic
and Therapeutic Center.