Peter A. Klomp Jr. of Silver Lake, N.H., died Aug. 9, 2019, at home following a long, hard, final inning.
He was born Sept. 18, 1934, in Erie, Pa., the son of the late Peter and Dorothy (Thomas) Klomp.
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