{"id":167213,"date":"2026-04-16T04:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/167213\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T04:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:36:07","slug":"richard-kleppinger-obituary-bethlehem-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/167213\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Kleppinger Obituary &#8211; Bethlehem, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tRichard D. Kleppinger \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Richard David Kleppinger, 55, of Bethlehem, PA died suddenly on April 10, 2026 in his home. Born in Allentown he was the son of the late Nancy (Hopkins) and Richard Kleppinger.<\/p>\n<p>\nRichard most recently was working for Wegmans. He also owned his own lawn care business. In his spare time Richard could be found collecting and working with model trains, being outside riding his bike on local trails and relaxing with friends.<\/p>\n<p>\nRichard is survived by his sister, Susan wife of Tim Deibert and a brother, John Kleppinger, nephew, Matt Deibert and a niece, Sarah.<\/p>\n<p>\nA gathering to celebrate Richard\u2019s life will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>\nArrangements Connell Falk Funeral Home and Crematory, Hellertown. Online condolences may be made at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.connellfalk.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.connellfalk.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nMemorial contributions may be made in Richard\u2019s name to the Center for Animal Health and Welfare, 1165 Island Park Rd., Easton, PA 18042<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richard D. Kleppinger OBITUARY Richard David Kleppinger, 55, of Bethlehem, PA died suddenly on April 10, 2026 in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-167213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}