**NOTICE** Please note as of January 20th, 2021 the visitation and funeral service has been changed from the original posted times. New times are posted below. Mr. Allan "Butch" J. Klopp of Port Washington, WI, was called to his heavenly home Thursday, January 14th, 2021, after battling cancer for 40 years at the age of 76. He was a walking miracle with stage 4 cancer for 31 of those years. He went to be with his Lord and Savior peacefully in his home, surrounded by his family. Allan was born on July 19, 1944, the son of Albert and Irene Klopp. He started and ended his life on 302 S. Division St. in Port Washington. He attended St. Mary's grade school and graduated from Port Washington High School. Butch married his high school sweetheart, Paula S. Prom on September 7, 1963. Their love story would span over 6 decades with 57 years of marriage. Along with being a loving husband, Butch's greatest joy in life was being a father to his 4 children, Kim, Jason, Wendy, and Nicole, grandfather to 11 grandsons and 11 granddaughters, and "Papa" to 9 great grandsons, 14 great granddaughters, and 3 on their way. From 1964-1969, Butch worked at Simplicity while volunteering for the Port Washington Fire Department. In 1969 he started his career as a police officer on the Port Washington Police Department, until he was medically retired on July 10, 1983, due to injuries sustained from an attack down by the Harbor. He graduated with honorable mention from the Milwaukee Police Academy. During his short but thriving career he was a hero! In 1974, while Butch was on foot patrol, he rescued a sleeping man from his burning house through a second story window. He also, single handedly, halted an armed robbery from a local restaurant. Butch was the type of police officer that would go above and beyond his call of duty. Butch's passion for scuba diving led him into starting 3 different museums with all the artifacts he gathered from the Great Lakes. The Northerner is a schooner he found 5 miles due east out of the harbor, which was just one of the virgin wrecks he located and spent most of his time diving on. He also enjoyed diving on the Toledo and Niagara, which both sank off the shoreline of Port Washington. The Admiral, the Atlantic, and the Rouse Simmons Christmas Tree ship were also 3 of his favorites. With all his findings, the first museum was set up in Algoma, WI and the second one was, The Sunken Treasures Maritime Museum found in the downtown Port Washington harbor from the years 1976-1982. His third museum adventure was in St. Ignace, MI from 1987-1994, where his family made many memories. One of Allan's most enjoyable moments while diving, was when he would come up with a full bag of treasures, and see his children eagerly waiting for him on his boat "The Flying Cloud" to see what he had found. During his diving career, in Feb of 1977, the city's water intake pipes froze up and stopped providing the city water. After 2 days and many hours under the water, chopping the 8 foot "giant crystals," Butch successfully opened the pipes and gave the city flowing water again. That same day, he also rescued 3 people from the frozen Lake Michigan. In 1975 he decided to follow Jesus and make Him his personal Lord and Savior. Loving the Lord with all his heart, Butch was a strong example of faith, strength, courage, and determination, which made his life a living example for the next generations. He was a very dedicated and loving man, which was seen often when he opened his home to many foster children, and anyone who needed a helping hand. There was not a person he met that he didn't hug, kiss, and share his love of Jesus with. Butch was always there to listen, advise, and give you whatever help you needed. January 7, 1981 was Allan's first and only surgery to remove his thyroid cancer, Medullary Carcinoma. 9 years later, he was told he had 6 months to live unless he had surgery again. He chose to walk away and trust in whatever The Lord had planned for his future, which entailed three different chemo pill trials. The last chemo pill has since been patented and is now helping others shrink their tumors. Butch's family, which considered every year they got with him a blessing, always called him a "walking miracle" because he lived a full life with over 1600 tumors throughout his body and 36 more on his brain. He was and will continue to be an inspiration to his family and hopefully to others battling cancer. Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Paula, and four children; Kim (Brian) Pierringer of Port Washington, Jason (Carrie) Klopp of West Bend, Wendy (Steven) Seifert of Greenbush, Nicole Schlapman of Venice, FL, his 22 grandchildren, and 26 great grandchildren. Allan is preceded in death by his Mom, Irene Klopp, Father, Albert Klopp and his sister, Patricia Drake. Funeral services for Butch will take place on Friday, February 5th at 5:00 PM at Open Door Bible Church, 3420 County Road LL, in Port Washington. Pastor Sid Litke will preside over the service. A Visitation will take place at the Church on Friday the 5th from 3 PM until the time of services. Due to COVID-19, wearing masks and proper social distancing will be encouraged.