Clover Family Research Compendium

Created, Edited, and Maintained

By June Clover Byrne

for the Clover Family Historical Society

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Clover Cemetery Records and
Obituaries in California

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California Cemetery Records

Thanks to Rhonda Clover for sending these to me. They are all on www.interment.net
Golden Gate National Cemetery is on www.interment.net
http://www.interment.net/data/us/ca/sanmateo/ggate/c/golden_c12.htm
San Bruno, San Mateo County, California
Clover, Charles William, d. 11/21/1947, 1ST LT ENGRS, Plot: A 196, bur. 11/25/1947, *

Riverside National Cemetery is on www.interment.net
http://www.interment.net/data/us/ca/riverside/rivnat/c/riverside_c15.htm
Riverside, Riverside County, California

Clover, Helen Virginia, b. 08/24/1922, d. 09/20/1994, US Navy, PHM3, Res: Rialto, CA, Plot: 34 0 507, bur. 09/26/1994
Clover, James Edward, b. 02/18/1946, d. 07/05/1982, US Navy, HT1, Res: San Diego, CA, Plot: 6 0 1596, bur. 07/09/1982
Clover, Robert M, b. 06/06/1922, d. 08/29/1992, SMSGT AF, Plot: 34 507, bur. 09/02/1992, *
Clover, Robert Max, b. 06/06/1922, d. 08/29/1992, US Army Air Forces, SMSGT, Res: Rialto, CA, Plot: 34 0 507, bur. 09/02/1992
Clover, Robert P, b. 06/19/1921, d. 09/16/1992, US Army, SSGT, Res: Riverside, CA, Plot: 34 0 916, bur. 09/22/1992
Clover, William E, b. 09/14/1924, d. 06/19/1994, US Air Force, LT COL, Res: Newhall, CA, Plot: 41 0 2421, bur. 06/23/1994

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysurnameresearches/cloverrl.htm

Russell Clover buried Rialto Park Cemetery, San Bernardino County, California.

1900 to 1977Section M. There is a photo of the tombstone on the link.

Thanks to Emily Nix for sending me this.
Los Angeles National Cemetery
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
http://www.interment.net/data/us/ca/losangeles/lanat/c/lanat_c09.htm
Clover, Fred A, d. 02/12/1938, MUS 6TH US CAV, Plot: 13 14 ROW L, bur. 02/15/1938, *
Clover, Harold M, b. 10/03/1923, d. 12/15/1989, TSGT - USAAC, Plot: C188 31, bur. 01/16/1990, *

Sylvan Cemetery, Citrus Heights, Sacramento County, CA Submitted by Steven Sprague as an Eagle Scout Project. 26 Apr 2005
http://files.usgwarchives.org/ca/sacramento/cemeteries/sylvan-ac.txt

Clover     Alice J.              1919        1995          Rotary International, s/w Willis D. Clover
Clover     Louise May            1887        1969          Native of Nebraska, s/w Orem Reed Clover
Clover     Orem Reed             1877        1956          Native of Kansas, s/w Louise May Clover
Clover     P. Ross               3/10/1910   9/19/1991     CSP US Navy, WWII\
Clover     Willis D. "Bill"      1916        1998          Rotary International, s/w Alice J. Clover

Orem Clover
Added by ESHooper1961 on 16 Dec 2007
Orem Reed Clover was born 2/7/1877 Glen Elder Kansas
Died 10/20/1956
Married Louise May January 2,1904 in Florience, Oklahoma, USA
1910 Oreem and his family lived in Wakita, Grant, Oklahoma the following are his children:
Pearl Clover 6 years old, Jessie Clover 4 years old, Dora Clover 2 years old Ross P Clover 1 month old

Clover’s buried in California

Thanks to Pat Vaseska for typing this.

Last	First	DOB	DOD	Cemetery
Clover	Annie Jane	1868	1945	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles Co.
Clover	Arthur S.	1863	1928	Mountain View Cemetery Altadena, Los Angeles Co.
Clover	Barry Lyndon	Apr. 22, 1944	Jan. 18, 2000	Castroville Public Cemetery Moss Landing, Monterey Co.
Clover	Donald K.	Nov. 30, 1919	Nov. 16, 2005	Calvary Catholic Cemetery Sacramento, Sacramento Co.
Clover	Edna J.	Jun. 2, 1910	May 11, 1964	Greenlawn Memorial Park Bakersfield, Kern Co.
Clover	Floyd W.	Aug. 4, 1915	Sep. 14, 2000	Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co.
Clover	Fred A.	No Date	Feb. 12, 1938	Los Angeles National Cemetery Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co.
Clover	Harold M.	Oct. 3, 1923	Dec. 15, 1989	Los Angeles National Cemetery Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co.
Clover	Lewis P.	1863	1938	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles Co.
Clover	Marvel C.	Dec. 3, 1938	Dec. 27, 2006	Joshua Memorial Park, Lancaster, Los Angeles Co.
Clover	Paul	No Date	Mar. 14, 1974	Grand View Memorial Park Glendale, Los Angeles Co.
Clover	Russell	1900	1977	Rialto Park Cemetery Rialto, San Bernardino Co.
Clover	Ruth DePuy	1915	Feb. 11, 1977	Grand View Memorial Park Glendale, Los Angeles Co.
Clover	Roy H.	Aug. 23, 1921	Jan. 8, 2000	See obituary page.
Clover	Frank H.	1868	1950	Greenwood Memorial Park San Diego, CA
Clover	James	Jul. 23, 1884	Oct. 7, 1916	Greenwood Memorial Park San Diego, CA

Obituaries

Margaret Anderson Clover
(1914-2009 )
        Margaret Anderson Clover, who for years worked at La Jolla Presbyterian Preschool, and later in the office at Mount Soledad Presbyterian Church, died June 16 in La Jolla.
        "She was a wonderful woman, always open to new things and never judgmental," she said. Clover came to La Jolla in 1938 to work at Scripps Metabolic Clinic, eventually becoming assistant dietitian.
        Born in Osceola, Neb., on Nov. 11, 1914, Clover graduated from Osceola High School in 1932 and went on to Hastings College in Hastings, Neb. To make money to further her education, she taught in one-room schoolhouses in Osceola and nearby Ulysses before returning to the University of Nebraska (Phi Mu Sorority). She received her bachelor's degree in science in home economics from the School of Agriculture in 1938.
        In 1936, Clover became a member of PEO, a philanthropic educational organization that aims to make a difference in women's lives. Membership went back in her family for three generations.
        A member of the American Dietetics Association, she was elected president of the California Dietetics Association in 1947. In 1958, she went to work for the La Jolla Presbyterian Preschool. In 1960, she was named director of the preschool, a title she held until 1974. Not one for retirement, she returned to work in the office of Mount Soledad Presbyterian Church.
        Hans and Elisabeth Spiegelberg's three children attended the preschool while Margaret Clover was there and kept in touch with her through the years, Elisabeth Spiegelberg said. Each year for 40 years, the Spiegelbergs would send a family photo to Margaret Clover, who would call after the holidays to catch up with each other.
        Margaret is survived by her son, Greg Clover, and daughter-in-law, Kathleen Webber; grandson Jesse Clover of Royal Oak, Mich.; granddaughter Mollie Margaret Clover of San Francisco; nieces Janie Prim, Colleen Bumgarner, Sallie Baucher and Lynn Poole; nephews Ross Anderson and Bruce Anderson; and cousins Jean, Sandy, Vic, J'Amy and Julie Herrman.
http://www.lajollalight.com/maillink/article.asp?c=258238
http://www.lajollalight.com/sports/258238-longtime-la-jollan-margaret-clover-dies

Fresno Bee (CA) - June 30, 1992
Memorial services for Bessie M. Allen Clover, 91, of Fresno will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Wesley United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Clover died Friday. She was a retired teacher for Fresno Unified School District.
Surviving are two daughters, Jane San Sebastian of Fresno and Joan Allen of Alameda; a brother, Davie McGuire of Illinois; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Remembrances may be sent to the Memorial Program, American Cancer Society, 2940 N. Fresno St., Fresno 93703, or to the Hospice of Fresno, 1303 E. Herndon Ave., Fresno 93720.
The Chapel of The Light Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

“Funeral Service for Bessie M. Clover, age 91, a retired teacher for Fresno Unified Schools, was born in Makanda, Illinois and graduated from Southern Illinois university of Carbondale. Mrs. Clover taught in Illinois before moving to Fresno in 1946 where she taught for many years as well as being active in the Self-Help Housing Project and Older Americans Organizations where she was on the board of directors. She was dedicated to community service. .....Funeral Services, Wednesday, Wesley Methodist Church.”     (From The Fresno Bee)

        Bessie M. Clover, 10 December 1900 to 26 June 1992, died Fresno, California. Bessie’s maiden name was McGuire. She married (1) Mr. Allen who was a Clover descendant and, in 1971, married (2) Anderson Bruce Clover in Fresno. Jill Taylor, who is a granddaughter of Anderson Bruce Clover, sent copies of a bible record which had come from Joan Allen who was Bessie’s daughter from her first marriage. This bible record is for Philip Clover and Ann Brown and their children. A later article on this family is planned. If you have any information about this family, please share it with the editor.
Note: Anderson Bruce Clover⁷ (Thomas Henry Jr⁶, Thomas Henry⁵, Benjamin⁴, Henry³, Henry², Philip¹ of Berkeley County, Virginia)

Tulane County, CA Obituary Index

Clover     Chester R.        No Date        Feb. 13, 1930    Ventura, CA

Clover     Claude B.        No Date        Feb. 26, 1928    Ventura, CA

Clover     George L.        No Date        Jan. 9, 1916    Santa Barbara, CA

Clover    Rosa Amacher        Mar. 21, 1880        Nov. 18, 1968    Lakewood Memorial Park
                                                                                                                Modesto, CA

L. A. Times May 29, 1934
Samuel Travers Clover editor passes away suddenly from heart disease

Redding (California) Record Searchlight - August 16, 2000 page B2
MORRO BAY -- Services for former Shasta County resident Amy Marguerite Clover, 82, of Morro Bay will be at noon Friday at First United Methodist Church in Redding. Burial will be at Lawncrest Memorial Park
        Mrs. Clover died Monday, August 14, 2000, at Sierra Vista Hospital in San Luis Obispo.
Born May 6, 1918, in Pittville, she moved to Morro Bay one year ago from Shasta County.
She was -- homemaker, -- member of the First United Methodist Church in Redding, the Pacheco School P.T.A., the Shasta Storytellers, Redding Library, Shasta Historical Society, and Mercy Hospice.
        Survivors include husband Robert; sons Robert of Los Osos and James of Applegate, Ore.; daughter Carol of Berkeley; sister Ruth Helton of Redding; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
        Arrangements are being handled by Lawncrest Funeral Chapel in Redding.
Memorial contributions can be made to American Diabetes Association, 10445 Old Placerville Road, Sacramento, CA 95819 or Mercy Hospice, 1544 Market St,, Redding, CA 96001. [Note that Marguerite with her husband, Robert Clover, was the founder and early guiding light to the Clover Family Exchange. Her husband's obituary is here as Robert Clover.]

Obituary San Francisco (California) Gate page Z-99, Friday 28 January 2005
Carol Ann (Anderson) Clover

CLOVER, Carol Ann Anderson - Passed into the Lord's care January 26, 2005. A devout Christian, Carol was born on August 22, 1938, in New Jersey to Alan and Eileen Anderson. She moved to Burlingame in 1942 with her family, where she attended Burlingame public schools. A member of Burlingame High School music and athletic groups Carol graduated from B.H.S. in 1956. She earned her associate in art degree from Cottey College in 1958 and bachelors degree in education from San Jose State College in 1960. Carol was employed by the Hillsborough City School District immediately following graduation, where she taught while raising her three children. She was active in P.E.O., Kappa Delta, Peninsula Symphony, AAUW, First Presbyterian Church of Burlingame, and Burlingame High School parent and booster organizations. Carol organized the first Taste of the Town in Burlingame, and she also volunteered her time with the Hillsborough Concours D'Elegance. After raising her children, she joined the San Mateo County Board of Realtors in 1989. She actively provided quality professional real estate services to her clients. The family gratefully acknowledges all those who provided Carol with compassion and loving care at the end of her life. Carol loved traveling, reading, attending church and spending time with her children. She was a great mother and best friend. She will be deeply missed by those whose lives she touched. She is survived by her spouse Haworth, sister, Priscilla Kyle, three children Hal, John and Catherine; two nieces, Kimberly and Laura, and their respective spouses. A memorial service in celebration of her life will be held at First Presbyterian Church of Burlingame on Sunday, January 30, 2005, at 3 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Cottey College (www.cottey.edu) or First Presbyterian Church of Burlingame in her memory. CROSBY N. GRAY & CO. 650.342.6617

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/01/28/MNCLOVERCA25.DTL

Haworth Alfred Clover Thanks to Carol Clover for sending this to me.
Published in San Francisco (California) Chronicle on March 9, 2011
Haworth A. Clover Passed into the Lord's care March 3, 2011. A devout Christian, Haworth "Al" Clover was born on February 18, 1933 in Woodland, California, to Herman Alfred Clover and Margaret Anna Powell. He grew up in Tracy, California and attended the schools there. Al attended one semester at UC Davis and then transferred to College of the Pacific where he graduated with the following degrees. In 1954 with a Bachelor of Music, 1957 with a Bachelor of Arts and Conservatory of Music, 1960 Master of Arts in Education and 1977 Doctor of Education. Al served two years in the US Army and was stationed at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Al was employed by the Hillsborough City School District for 40 years. He was active in the San Francisco Corral of Westerners and E Clampus Vitus. Al was a Past Master of Burlingame Lodge #400 F & AM, and was involved in Shrine and Scottish Rite. With his wife Carol he volunteered for many years with the Hillsborough Concors d'Elegance. Most recently Al served as Executive Secretary of the Jedediah Smith Society. Al touched the lives of many with his patient, thoughtful and creative spirit. He was the devoted husband of Carol Clover and caring father of Hal, John and Catherine, and treasured father-in-law of Richard Reed and cherished grandfather of Alexis Reed. A service in celebration of Al's life will be held at First Presbyterian Church of Burlingame on Sunday, March 13 at 3:30 p.m. Donations can be made to the Jedediah Smith Society (555 Laurel Ave. #326, San Mateo CA 94401), Ben Ali Temple Transportation Fund (Ben Ali Temple, PO Box 21-4477, Sacramento, CA 95821, Attn. Transp. Fund), or First Presbyterian Church of Burlingame in his name.

Los Banos Enterprise, The (CA) - October 20, 2006 page A02
Esther O. Clover died Oct. 5 at Community Center in Clovis.
She was 88..Mrs. Clover was born June 17, 1918 in Kingsburg. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Clover.
All her friends and family have benefited from her love of sewing and special creations for them.
She is survived by daughters, Diane Smith of Lompoc, Debbie Stone of Phoenix, Ariz. and Terrell Fortner of Fresno; five grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
There are no services and arrangements have been entrusted to the Neptune Society of Central California. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Los Baños Elementary School Library, 1260 7th Street, Los Baños, CA 93635, attn: Barbara Harrison.

Modesto (California) Bee - December 29, 2002 page B3
Dec. 10, 1939 -- Dec. 27, 2002
George Tracy Clover, 63, of Modesto died of natural causes Friday at Memorial Medical Center. Mr. Clover was a native of Alhambra. He lived in Modesto 32 years. He was a self-employed property manager for 15 years. He was a member of Calvary Chapel.
He is survived by his wife, Debra L. Clover of Modesto; children, Melinda Boyer of Modesto, George S. Clover and Randall Clover, both of Atwater, and Clifford Clover of Florida; stepchildren, Nancy Cruz of Santa Ana, and Melanie Slagle and Staci Slagle, both of Modesto; brother, Steve Clover of Palos Verdes; sisters, Joy DeFerrari of Modesto and Jill Mallory of Waterford; and six grandchildren.
A funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Lakewood Funeral Home, Hughson. Burial will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson. Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Remembrances may be made to the Boy Scouts, 1324 Celeste Drive, Modesto 95355; or the Girl Scouts, 3621 Forest Glenn Drive, Modesto 95355.

The Bakersfield Californian - March 9, 2004 page B2
Mareta J. Clover, 65, Lubbock, Texas, died March 6. Greenlawn Mortuary.

Nancy K. Clover The Record (Sep/2/2004)Obituary (209) 546-8350
March 3, 1925 - August 30, 2004
Nancy K. Clover, 79, of Stockton passed away on Monday, August 30, 2004. She was born March 3, 1925 in Denver, Colorado. No Services will be held per her request.

Katherine Mary Clover Obituary
Originally published in the Clover Family Exchange Vol. 5 Issue 3 March 199 by Bob and Marguerite Clover. Thanks to Pat Vaseska for typing this.

    Katherine Mary Clover was born on May 15, 1906 in Denver, Colorado, to James Benton and Anna Nesladek Clover. The family moved to Los Angeles, California when Katherine was a young girl. She attended Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles, and graduated from both the University of Southern California and the University of Los Angeles.
    She earned her teaching credentials and a degree in philosophy with a minor in law. After teaching for a year in Mono Lake, California she got a job working as a secretary for the mayor of Los Angeles. The charter for the City of Los Angeles was her work.
    Katherine Clover was a descendant of Philip and Mary Cooper Clover through their son, Gamaliel who married Martha Platt. Their son, Isaac Newton Clover who married Mary Kiser was Katherine’s grandfather.
    Katherine died at White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles, California from injuries sustained in an accident in her home.

Robert Milton Clover
    The following is combined from the obituaries in the Paradise Post and Enterprise Record which is a newspaper in Chico, CA.
        Robert Clover 1914-1999: Master gardener, Robert M. Clover, died Wednesday (April 28, 1999) at Enloe Hospital in Chico. He was 84. Mr. Clover was a senior volunteer at Paradise Elementary School for his daughter who teaches second grade. Mr. Clover was the son of Claude B. and Edna L. Clover. He was born in Oswego, Kansas on Nov. 4, 1914. He moved to California with his family in 1918. Oswego was founded by his grandparents. Mr. Clover and his wife, Lucille, met while in Junior High School and were married on April 4, 1936. They were married 63 years.
        During World War II, Clover was a machinist and union shop steward at San Pedro Shipyard (near Los Angeles). He owned a camellia nursery in Thousand Oaks (also near Los Angeles) for a short time. From 1947-1961, he was a ranch foreman in Lake Sherwood-Hidden Valley. He attended Ventura College in Southern California (in the city of Ventura) for two years. He worked as a maintenance supervisor for the city of Ventura from 1961-1980. He served on the Canejo School District Board and was a past officer of the Thousand Oaks Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the Ventura Yacht Club. (all Southern California) He moved from Ventura to Paradise in July 1980.
         Mr. Clover enjoyed gardening and his home was on the 1999 Paradise Garden Club tour.
He is survived by his wife, Lucille, of Paradise; daughters, Claudia Lane of Monterey (just south of San Francisco on the coast) and Glenna Clark of Paradise, brother, Glenn of Spring Valley Lake; sister, Margaret Garcia of Albuquerque, NM, and four granddaughters. Memorial contributions may be made to the Paradise Performing Arts Center.
         A memorial celebration of "a loving gardener's" life will be held at the Clover home,
Sunday at 3 p.m. His ashes will be scattered near the Channel Islands in Ventura County. Rose Chapel is handling the arrangements. [Note: Paradise is in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, north of Sacramento, near Chico, CA.]

Robert Clover, b. 4 Nov 1914 d. 28 Apr 1999, Last Residence Paradise, Butte, CA, 95969. SS issued CA Before 1951.

The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA) - July 22, 2003 page B2
Robert Howard Clover, 89, died Thursday, July 17, 2003, at his residence in San Luis Obispo.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church of Redding.
Robert was born July 13,1914, in Los Angeles, the son of Helen Elizabeth Rice and Russell Mitchell Clover. He attended Pasadena Junior College and graduated from the Radio Institute of California and was the one-man host, announcer, and technician for radio stations in Redding, Visalia and Sacramento. He owned and operated a farm equipment store, then worked for the state highway department as a radio technician for 21 years, retiring in 1979. He lived in Redding for 50 years and moved to the San Luis Obispo area in 1994.
Robert was known for his quiet demeanor and sharp dry wit, his technical knowledge and skills, his wide-ranging interests from woodworking to music and bird-watching, and above all his loving commitment to his family.
Robert was married to Marguerite Christensen Clover for 61 years until her death in 2000. He is survived by daughter Carol Clover of Berkeley; sons, James of Applegate Valley, Ore., and Robert of Los Osos; brothers, Russell and Wesley; grandchildren, Greta Kaplan, Joshua Clover, Daniel Clover, Fletcher Clover and Suzanne Clover Wittman; and great-grandchildren, Wyatt and William Tate Wittman. [Please note that Bob and Marguerite were the founders of the Clover Family Exchange. Her obituary is here as Amy Marguerite Clover.]

Daily News of Los Angeles (California) - April 1, 1987 Valley Edition, page 8
Sara E Clover, 74, of Glendale for 50 years, property manager for 30 years and a member of the YWCA. Services were held Tuesday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Interment followed at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Glendale. Forest Lawn Memorial-Park and Mortuary, Glendale.

http://www.cityofpalmdale.org/library/obituary.asp
The Palmdale Library has an online index to obituaries which you can get from them.

ID	NAME	FIRST	DEATH	PAPER OBIT
1740	Clover	Ben G.	1998-06-16	1998-06-18
6941	Clover	Thomas S. "Kit"	1997-10-21	1997-10-23

Also from the Palmdale City Library in Palmdale, California
Ruby H. Clover, December 8, 1991 obituary in Antelope Valley Press
http://www.palmdalelibrary.org/obituary/ccc.htm

Originally published in the Clover Family Exchange Vol. 5 Issue 2 November 1989 by Bob and Marguerite Clover. Thanks to Pat Vaseska for typing this for us.

John Herman Wagner Obituary

    John Herman Wagner, husband of (Clover) Wagner died on June 14, 1990 of cancer (carcinoma) in Burbank, California.
    He was born December 12, 1912 in Flatwoods, Missouri, and was married to Susie LaVerne Clover in San Antonio, Texas in 1953.
    His body was donated to the University of Southern California Medical Center in Keeping with his wishes.
[Note: Susie was an ardent researcher of early Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma Clovers. She was a long time subscriber and contributor to the early Clover Family Exchange newsletters. --JCB.]

Obituary and picture sent to me by Marilyn Symonds. Jane was a long time subscriber to my newsletter.
        Jane Clover Palm, resident of Menlo Park since 1961, passed away from heart failure at home June 7, 2004 at 96. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, she graduated Cum Laude from Northwestern University in 1929 with special honors in English. Jane was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Mortar Board honors societies, and Pi Beta Phi sorority. Jane worked as an advertising copywriter for the Chicago Daily News until 1934, when she married Milbert Edward Palm, also a Northwestern Graduate.
        The newlyweds moved to Denver, Colorado, where they raised three children, Nancy Palm Seebass, Peggy Ann Palm, and Peter Williston Palm. In 1961, after four years in Arlington, Virginia, Jane and Mil moved to Menlo Park where Jane has been a longtime member of Menlo-Atherton American Association of University Women and Pi Beta Phi alumni.
    Jane is survived by two children, Peggy and Peter of Menlo Park, three
grandsons in the Bay Area, Erik Seebass, Scott Seebass, and Chris
Palm, and four great-grandchildren.
        In deference to her wishes, a private memorial will be held with
family and friends. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be
made to the charity of your choice.
Jane Clover Palm

Donald Hitt Alden was a long time subscriber and supporter and a lovely person. He was particularly interested in the Samuel Travers Clover line. The following obituary was sent to me in February 2002, by his daughter.
    She said that this is what was sent to the papers who altered it somewhat. I am publishing it here in the original form.

The SSDI has his birth date as 24 November 1905, death date 7 October 2001.

        Donald Hitt Alden died peacefully on November 7th, just short of his 96th birthday. He lived less than a year after the death of his wife Margery. They had been married 71 years.
        He will be sadly missed by his two surviving brothers, Raymond Macdonald Alden of Santa Rosa and Roland Herrick Alden of Placerville, 3 daughters and one son-in-law: Mary Alden in London, Ardeth Alden and Mike McKeown in New Zealand and Katherin Alden in New Hampshire; four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. No one can accept that all that curiosity and grace is gone.
        One of the brightest intellects anyone can remember is gone. There was very little that didn¹t interest him, and he knew something about all of it. Old enough to have lived through the San Francisco earthquake, to his last day Donald could recount the way the city of Los Angeles first acquired its water, could quote T. S. Elliot, could describe the composition of a Gamelan orchestra.
        DHA grew up in Palo Alto, graduating from Palo Alto High School in 1923. He got his BA and MA at Stanford and a PhD in English at Yale. He first taught in Sacramento and then in Los Angeles as he and Margery had their three daughters. His interests were always wide. While at LACC, Donald was very involved with the Opera Workshop and translated most of their librettos. The family lived in Van Nuys until Donald enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserves in 1943 and served as Lieutenant (JG) in Daytona Beach, FL, training pilots in the use of radio and Morse Code, a language he would put to lively use later.
        After the war, Donald joined the faculty of SF State College (now San Jose State University) and the family moved back to his hometown, Palo Alto. Since then, he and Margery lived up in a rambling redwood turn-of-the-century in Los Altos hills filled with precious books and Javanese Wayang puppets, dating from their 3-year teaching stay in Java and the Philippines. Their witness of political events in east Asia in the 60s left a deep impression on them.
        After he retired, his hands and mind were only busier. He built clocks, antennas and record players, and now he learned computers and applied them to his genealogical studies. For ten years, he kept up a very active short wave radio station, connecting his daughter Ardeth on a boat in the Pacific with the rest of the family. He was also chairman of the local chapter of the Peninsula Funeral Society for many years, and did grief counseling for them.

The Pomo Bulletin, May 1895, published by the Lake County Historical Society, Lakeport, California 95453.

Page 20: John Orland Clover, Memorial Day, 28 May 1984
    by R. I. Millberry, Colonel, USAF, retired.
    On this Memorial Day, we honor a veteran of World War I, the first commander of Joy Madeiros Post No. 2015, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Comrade John O. Clover.
    This post was instituted and John was installed as commander on 6 February 1931. The initial membership was sixty veterans. Among them was the mayor of Lakeport, George R. Turnbull. Because Comrade Turnbull was one of the officers bing installed, his official duties as mayor to greet the new post and its commander was delegated to a fellow city councilman, P. H. Millberry, my father.
    John Orland Clover was born in Glen Elder, Kansas on 24 June 1893. When he was twenty one years old, he served in the United States Navy at Vera Cruz, Mexico. He re-entered military service in the Army in March of 1917, serving in the United States and in Europe with the 30th Infantry Division as bandmaster with the rank of Staff Sergeant until April 1919. Subsequent to World War I, he re-enlisted and graduated from the Army Bandmaster School in Washington, DC, and was later assigned to the Presidio in San Francisco.
    Commander Clover was the first band instructor in the Lakeport school system. Being able to start his students in the elementary school and continue their musical instruction through high school gave him the opportunity to truly develop outstanding musicians. He took his bands and orchestras to many state wide competitions and they received both awards and extensive recognition. He expanded the school bands into a town band, including both students and former students. The Monday night band practice was both a tradition and a weekly social event during my days in high school.
    John Clover taught music in the Lakeport schools until his retirement in 1942. In the latter part of World War II, he served in the Merchant Marine, returning to Lakeport and he taught music in the Kelseyville schools in 1946 and 1947.
    Veterans of Foreign Wars Joy Madeiros Post no. 2015 is pleased to memorialize our first commander seventy years after his initial foreign military service.
    May God grant peace to the world, and to the soul of Comrade Commander John Orland Clover.
[John Clover is in the SSDI, born 24 June 1893, died June 1971, resided Lakeport, Lake County, California. John Orland Clover was the son of John Sumpter Clover and Flora Ellis.]

        The following obituary was sent to me by Tim Smith. She died in El Cajon, California recently at the age of 94. Her daughter wrote the following obituary which appeared in the San Diego Union. Martha Jasmine Clover’s parents were Frank Clover and Mary Wood; grandparents: John Sumpter Clover and Flora Ellis. Great-grandparents: John Metler Clover and Martha Minerva Lewis: G-g-grandparents: Paul Clover and Nancy Metlar. G-G-G Grandparents: John Peter Clover and Catherine Sharp.
        MARTHA JASMINE (CLOVER) JONES--October 21,1905--August 30, 2000.--Martha was born to Frank Clover and Mary Wood Clover on Oct. 21, 1905, in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the third of four children, two older sisters Margaret and Dorothy and younger brother Fritz. When Martha was in high school the family moved to Denver, Co. It was there she met Harold Jones. They were married in 1926 and moved to Los Angeles, CA. A daughter, Patricia Ann, was born in 1933. Martha was a homemaker and loved to sing and play the piano. She was a lady in all things, loved entertaining, going to the Hollywood Bowl and enjoyed light opera and musicals. Martha loved to travel and she and Harold used to camp along the California coast, but their favorite place was Ensenada, Mexico. Harold retired from Lockheed Aircraft as a supervisor in 1968 and died in 1970 at the age of 65. Their daughter married James Smith in 1953. Martha was a world traveler having sailed on twenty cruises, including a cargo liner around the world and freighter to Australia. She traveled to every continent but Antarctica. Her daughter accompanied her on her last ten cruises. She was preceded in death by her husband Harold and grandson Thomas Smith and survived by her daughter Patricia ,son-in-law James, grandsons Timothy and Terrence and great-grandchildren Jared, Jesselyn and James Smith, all of whom she loved dearly.

Roy Clover See also CA Deaths for burial information.
Roy H. Clover died at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento of complications from a fall he took in his Woodland home in December. He retired from Pacific Telephone after 37 years of service, starting as a lineman prior to World War II and retiring as a senior special Investigator in 1976. He will be remembered by many in his community for his generous gifts of almond and home-baked breads.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 46 years, Lillian, who died in 1988. He is survived by his son, David L. Clover and his wife Judy of Fremont; daughter, Sheila R. Enders of Sacramento; three grandchildren, Eric D. Clover, Kristen M. Enders and Erin L. Enders; two step-grandchildren, Bobbie Jo and Billie Jo Hale, both of Sacramento; two great-grandchildren, Megan and Paige Clover, both of Sacramento; cousin and friend, Laverne Mayes of Woodland; and close friends, Tom and Vivian Syftestad of Woodland. A memorial service will be held Monday at 1 p.m. at McNary’s Chapel 458 College St. Woodland. Obituary from “The Davis Enterprise,” for the week of Jan. 16, 2000, (Yolo County).

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Dorothy Elaine Barbeau Clover
Was born on January 20, 1921 in Oakland, CA, and died Monday June 15, 2009 in Petaluma. She went peacefully, with the kind help of Hospice, and with the love of her two daughters. She also leaves behind her son-in-law, Jon Gariepy, and her granddaughter, Briana Deguara. She grew up in Oakland, watched both bridges being built, and spent wonderful summers in Plumas County and Wyoming. She worked as a secretary in San Francisco, where she met the love of her life, James Clover. They were married in March of 1943 in New York City. He was stationed in the Pacific during the war. After his safe return, they had two daughters, Carolyn and Janet, who they raised in San Leandro. Jim and Dorothy moved to Sonoma County in 1985, where their daughters had settled. A year after her dear Jim died, she moved into the Altamont, and enjoyed making new friends, volunteering at the Blood Pressure clinic, exercising at the Senior Center, and endless cups of coffee and conversation. She had a sharp wit and a beautiful spirit. A Memorial Service will be held at the Rohnert Park Senior Center on Saturday, June 27th, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Donations in Dorothy's memory may be made to Hospice of Petaluma, or Canine Companions.
Published in Press Democrat from 6/21 to 6/22/2009

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