William Klassen William Klassen was an RCMP officer in Teslin, a conservation officer, a wildlife biologist, and deputy minister with the Yukon government. He was involved with the Riverdale Baptist Church since the early 1970s, the Whitehorse Gun Club, Yukon Agricultural Association, and the Salvation Army.((“Meet this year’s inductees to the Order of Yukon.” //CBC News,// 5 December 2020.)) William Klassen was named to the Order of Yukon in 2020.