Caseyann Klein

the morning of November 22nd.

She first attended UC Santa Barbara before graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in

Journalism. As part of her education she refused to learn to type. She did not want to ever be

employed as a secretary and that was her strategy to avoid that. Her junior year she studied

one semester abroad at Schiller College in Heidelberg, where she met her life long friend Betsy.

Casey and Betsy continued to see each other for walks and meals at least 2 times a week up

until Casey’s sudden passing.

After college graduation she immediately started working as a broadcast sales associate for

KPEN radio in Los Altos, before continuing as a sales associate at K-101, Tv 20, KTVU, KGO

and finally Univision where she finished the last 20 years of her broadcast sales career. Casey

was at the top of her field, a trailblazer in an industry previously dominated by men. She worked

tenaciously for 40 years without a salary. All of her income was based on performance. She

always came through whether at work or at home.

Her spirit of adventure was also a part of her leisure time as she took solo trips to climb Mount

Kilimanjaro and cross country horseback riding in Ireland and England. She boarded a horse in

Marin for weekend rides for a few years. Later in life she swam with elephants in a national park

in Cambodia and sat multiple times with different families of mountain gorillas in Uganda.

Her most courageous and life changing vacation adventure was in 1998. The last weeks of

1997 had Casey in bed with a bad case of the flu. She had time to delve into the stack of “Lion’s

Roar” and “Tricycle” magazines in the corner of her bedroom. An advertisement for Nine Gates

Mystery School caught her eye. The first nine day retreat was in the Santa Cruz Mountains in

March followed by a second nine day workshop in October with 5 months of inner homework in

between. It appealed to Casey because it was in the bay area and she hoped to make new

friends that shared her spirit of adventure. It was at the mystery school that Casey met Paul.

Dogs were her favorite companion. Casey found a stray dog at a construction site in Santa

Barbara when she was in college and named her “Shovel”. “Shovel” was no ordinary dog

because of her love and bonding with Casey. Shovel lived to 18 and the two were a duo that

went on sales calls and worked in the TV office together. After Shovel’s death it took Casey

many years to bring another dog into her life. “Asia”, a rescue golden doodle was adopted at the

begging of then 6 year old Cameron. Asia lived until 14 and was Casey and Paul’s loving

companion. “Rosie” a goldendoodle puppy was the new joy of Casey’s life, adopted at 7 weeks

on June 25, 2023.

By far her biggest day of joy was December 8, 2000. Casey delivered a healthy and happy baby

Cameron into the world without complications, other than the excruciating pain of childbirth

A loving wife and mother to Paul and Cameron. Her later life was devoted to their well beings.

She is survived by her immediate family; daughter Cameron Burns, her husband Paul Burns.

sisters Charlotte Klein and Kelly Klein, brothers Tom Klein and Patrick Von Bargen. Fondly

remembered by her nieces and nephews; nieces Kristin Klein Hancock, Marlena Klein,

Veronica Klein, Delaney Klein and Shannon Klein,and nephews Connor Klein, Max Von

Bargen, Chase Klein and Kevin Klein, great nieces and nephews, Ada Hancock, Frances

(Frankie) Hancock, Jon Klein, Dash Klein, and Kesler Klein.

A Celebration of her life will be held at the Marin Garden Center on Sunday February 18th at 2

pm. Please donate to your favorite charity if you desire or to the Gorilla Doctors based at UC

Davis, https://www.gorilladoctors.org/donations/.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.sanfranciscocolumbarium.com for the Klein family.