James Dale Kleopfer, Jr. Obituary (1942

Mr. James Dale "Jim" Kleopfer, Jr. passed away at Norton Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky on November 30, 2025 after a brief illness. He was born on October 16, 1942 at the McClain Clinic in Scottsburg, Indiana to parents James Dale and Earlene Milles Kleopfer. He was raised in Lexington, Indiana and graduated from Lexington High School in 1960. He studied at Indiana University and the University of Louisville where he was granted a Juris Doctor degree in 1968. Jim practiced law in Henryville, Indiana and was elected judge for the Scott County Circuit Court in 1980. He served four terms in that capacity from 1981 to 2004. Jim loved gardening and was instrumental in maintaining the beauty of the Lexington Cemetery where he will be buried. He was a longtime member of the Lexington Presbyterian Church and the Lexington Historical Society. Please Click Here to View the Tribute Video. Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Jim is preceded in death by his parents and grandparents, Elmer and Ethel Craigmyle Kleopfer and Earl and Muriel Hall Milles. He is survived by two brothers, Robert of Sun City, Arizona and Gary of Tucson, Arizona; three nieces, Robin Grant, Jennifer Wiley, and Angela Rupp; seven grandnephews and grandnieces, Nick, Regan, Sydney, and Ty Grant, Jacob and Grace Anne Wiley, and Emma Rupp. The family would like to recognize the assistance and support provided to Jim by Troy and Lilia Ponder and Chaffee Miles. GRAVESIDE CEREMONYGraveside services will be conducted Sunday, December 7, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. by Pastor Aaron Flucke at the Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Indiana. VISITATION AND CELEBRATION OF LIFEFriends may visit Sunday, December 7, 2025, from 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to Lexington Cemetery. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online condolences, remembrances and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com To send a flower arrangement in memory of James Dale Kleopfer, Jr., please click here to visit our sympathy store.