Biography

07/30/1910 - 03/23/1975

KLUNK, Fred G., a Representative from Adams County; born in Mt. Pleasant Township, Adams County, Pa., July 30, 1910; graduated, Central Catholic High School; owner and operator, Old Quaker Pretzel Bakery (1940-1970); director, Bureau of Liquid Fuels Tax, Pennsylvania Department of Revenue (1955-1956); deputy secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Property and Supplies (1956-1959); executive secretary, State Employees Retirement Board (1959-1963); auditor, Pennsylvania Department of Auditor General (1963-1965); assistant director, Bureau of Securities, Pennsylvania Department of Treasury (1965-1970); member, New Oxford Municipal Authority (6 years); elected, council, New Oxford (16 years); member, Democratic State Committee (38 years); chair, Adams County Democratic Committee (25 years); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1971 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection for the 1973 term; died, March 23, 1975 in York, York County, Pennsylvania; interred, Conewago Chapel Basilica Cemetery, Conewago Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania