Norma Kline is community leader and former teacher. She spent her first five years as an educator in the Fairfax County School System in Fairfax, Va., before spending the next 25 years in the Home Economics Department in the Jefferson-Morgan School District, Jefferson, Pa. from where she retired.

In August of 2005 she saw the completion of phase one of her project the Merri-Wood Docks in her hometown of Rices Landing. This project was in the works for 13-years under Kline’s insistence that it see fruition.

Kline’s volunteer service and honors are as follows:
Recipient of the Paul Harris Award
Past Pennsylvania Chairman of the Mon Valley Tristate Network
Chair of the Symposium CAN (Community Action Network of Pa.)
Speaker before Congress as riverfront coordinator
Recognized by American University Women
Bell choir at the 1st Presbyterian Church of Waynesburg
Oldest dancer in the Center for Performing Arts recital
Council of the Arts member
Fayette County Home Economics Association Member
Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees, Community Service Chair
Past Deacon and Elder of the Hewitt Presbyterian Church
Past President of the Hewitt Presbyterian Church Women’s Association
One of the first “Thanks to Teachers” recipients in the 1980s
Community Builder’s graduate
Mather Historical Parks committee member
Rivers of Steel-action plan steering committee
Greene County Comprehensive Plan transportation focus group member
Planning Commission member
US Home Economics Award Winner
Founder in 1976 of COCO (Civic Organization for Community Outgrowth)
United Way
Mon River Recreation Committee
Chairman of the Rices Landing Pumpkin Festival

Kline has been married to fellow Jefferson-Morgan School District retiree Murray Kline for 47-years.