of Erie, PA

April 14, 1931 - August 24, 2004

Nicholas Kloap, 73, of Allison Park, PA, formerly of Benton died Tuesday, August 24, 2004 at St. Vincent Cardiac Hospital in Erie, PA. Born April 14, 1931 in Nanticoke, PA, he was the son of the late Peter and Pazia Melnick Kloap. On September 7, 1957, he married Janet Horton Brown who died August 22, 2001.

He was a veteran of the Korean War where he served in the United States Navy. Upon discharge, he pursued and received degrees in Chemical Engineering from Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA and from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He worked for The Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) as a chemist in Pennsylvania and Tennessee. He was transferred by Alcoa to Benton in 1967 where he worked as a chemist and eventually an environmental engineer at the Bauxite facility until his retirement in 1988. Just prior to his retirement, he was a founding member of The Arkansas Federation of Air and Water Users.

Nick was an active member of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Benton where he served on the Vestry for many years. He and his wife were deeply involved in the lives of the youth of Benton and Saline County through the Benton Band Boosters, Little League Baseball, Softball, and Girl Scouts. He was very active with the Ouachita Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America where he served for approximately 10 years.

In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters; Peter Urban, Harry Urban, Mary Howell, Annie Tinshaw, and John Kloap.

He is survived by a son, Robert P. Kloap and his wife Elizabeth Ann Richey of Stuttgart; a daughter, Kathleen ''Katie'' Gwinn Baney and her husband Allen Baney of Bellefonte, PA; three brothers, Michael Urban of Lebanon, PA, William Kloap of Nanticoke, PA, and Philip Kloap of Coopersburg, PA; a sister, Helen Rich of Trenton, NJ, and three grandchildren, John Melnick Kloap II, Jaron Michael Kloap, and Nicholas Ross Baney. He is also survived by his companion Deborah Phillippi of Allison Park, PA.

Visitation will be from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. and from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 31, 2004 at Roller-Ballard Funeral Home (315-4047). Funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 1, 2004 at St. Matthews Episcopal Church with Rev. Lorrie Slaymaker officiating. Entombment will follow in New Rosemont Memorial Park. Pallbearers are John Melnick Kloap II, Jaron Michael Kloap, Dr. Mark Martindale, Alan Appling, Jeff Hamm, and Jake Simmons.

The family of Mr. Kloap will be receiving visitors at the home of Marvin and Margaret Richey, 5621 Salt Creek Road in Benton.

Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association, 909 W. 2nd St., Little Rock, AR 72201 and/or Ouachita Area Council of Boy Scouts, 102 Chippewa Court, Hot Springs, AR 71902-1234.

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