{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Guy M. Kratzer | state_senate = Pennsylvania | district = 16th | term_start = January 4, 1983 | term_end = November 30, 1986 | constituency = | predecessor = Henry Messinger | successor = Roy Afflerbach | birth_date = {{birth date|1941|3|10}} | birth_place = Pottsville, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|9|30|1941|3|10}} | death_place = Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | party = | alma_mater = | occupation = | spouse = | children = | website = }} '''Guy M. Kratzer''' (March 10, 1941 – September 30, 2013) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 16th district from 1983 to 1986.<ref>{{cite web | last = Cox | first = Harold | title = Senate Members "K" | publisher = Wilkes University | work = Wilkes University Election Statistics Project| date = | url =http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/SK.html}}</ref><ref name="google">{{cite journal|title=Legislative Directory|author=Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate|journal=Senate Legislative Directory|date=1985|publisher=Senate of Pennsylvania.|issn=0148-0073|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iSn0AAAAMAAJ|accessdate=2014-11-17}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Kratzer was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania to Guy and Kathryn Miller Kratzer. He graduated from William Allen High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1959. He received a B.S. from Muhlenberg College in Allentown in 1963, a B.D. from Evangelical School of Theology in Myerstown, Pennsylvania in 1967, a ThM from Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey in 1968, and a M.A. from Temple University in Philadelphia in 1973.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senate - Guy M Kratzer Biography |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=4885&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=10 October 2019}}</ref>
==Career== Kratzer served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 16th district from 1983 to 1986. In 1984, he crashed his car in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and was arrested for driving under the influence.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clark |first1=John |title=KRATZER SAYS HE'S GETTING HELP FOR PROBLEMS |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1985-01-24-2461308-story.html |website=www.mcall.com |date=24 January 1985 |accessdate=10 October 2019}}</ref>
==Death== On September 30, 2013, Kratzer died in Allentown, Pennsylvania, at age 72.<ref name="legacy">{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/mcall/obituary.aspx?n=guy-kratzer&pid=167313394&fhid=9579|title=Guy Kratzer Obituary: View Guy Kratzer's Obituary by Morning Call|publisher=legacy.com|accessdate=2014-11-17}}</ref>
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