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Obituaries in
Iowa
Iowa Pages
Iowa Federal Records
Iowa Census Records
Iowa State Census Records Do not skip these. They have a lot of information. For example, the 1925 state census lists parents.
Iowa Obituaries Cemetery records are on the Iowa page.
Iowa Clover Families:
James and Emily Clover of Jefferson County, Iowa.
Children of John Metler Clover, mostly in Hardin Couny, Iowa.
Solomon Clover of Hardin County, Iowa, born Franklin County, Ohio.
On this page: Obituaries
Iowa Records page has:
Marriage Records
Military Records
Death, and Cemetery Records
Miscellaneous Records
Iowa Genealogical Society Obituaries
The Iowa Genealogical Society has two sets of obituaries. This first set comes from FHL 1309424. Some of them are photocopies of newspaper clippings, others are extracts on index cards. Some of them are so dark on the film as to be pretty much illegible.
Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil
Clark Clover, Glenwood. dated 25 February 1976
Clark Clover, aged 97, formerly of Glenwood, died Tuesday at the Odd Fellows Home in Mason City, where he had lived since 1974.
Funeral services will be at 2 PM Saturday at the Raynor, Lett, and Kent Funeral Home with the Rev. Harvey Quandt officating and IOOF graveside rites at the Glenwood Cemetery.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Wilder, and Mrs. Minnie Domaracki, both of Chicago; three granddaughters, and one great grand child; and a sister, Esther Roberts, of Red Oak.
Memorials are suggested to the Odd Fellows home in Mason City.
Des Moines, Iowa Tribune, Friday 13 February 1976
Dennis Dean Clover
Services for Dennis Dean Clover, aged 35, of St. Peter, Minnesota, formerly of Johnston, will be at 1 pm, Saturday, at the Lutheran Church in St. Peter, with burial there.
Mr. Clover died Wednesday of injuries suffered in an automobile accident near St. Peter. Mr. Clover was born in Johnston, and lived there until moving to St. Peter, 10 years ago. He was a self-employed heavy equipment operator and truck driver.
Survivors include his wife, Darlene; three daughters, Nancy, Jane, and Kelli, all at home; a son, David at home; two brothers, Dale of Des Moines, and Danny of Souix Falls, SD; four sisters, Mrs. Darlene Hammond, and Mrs. Dawn Marie McQuen, both of Des Moines, Mrs. Dixie Duckett of Pharr, Texas, and Mrs. Dottie Hall of Albuquerque, New Mexico; his mother, Mrs. Robrt Black of Melrose; and his father, Asa Clover of Herrold.
Eva Clover
Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa, 12 December 1973.
The left part of the card is notlegible. Luckily the information is repeated on the second microfilm. Mrs. Eva Clover, born 28 November 1885, at La Harpe, Illinois, died at 11 December 1973, at La Harpe, Illinois, burial at Terra Haute Cemetery, Terra Haute, Illinois. She married 8 December 1908 at Decorah, Illinois to a George M. Clover, died, June 1942. Her parents were Zerah and Eva Wheaton Kern. Survived by: sons, Kern and Lowell; daughters, Mrs. Bernice Furia, and Mrs. Maxine Bell; sister, Elizabeth Johnston.
Council Bluffs, Iowa Nonpareil, no date given.
CB Pharmacist is dead at 63.
Penrod L. "Penny" Clover, 63, 101 Somerset Ave, longtime Council Bluffs pharmacist, died early today at a local hospital of cancer.
Clover was born in Millboro, South Dakota and had resided in Council Bluff sine 1925. Surivors include his wife, Dorothy; five daughters, Beverly Snyder and Linda Weilage, both of Coucil Bluffs, Connie Peacock of Lincoln, Nebraska, Mrs. Charles (Jolene) Campbell of Fremont, California, and Ann N. Delashmutt, of Omaha, a son Robert L. Clover of Washington, DC.
His mother, Alice E. Clover of Omaha, a brother, H. D. Clover of Bloomington, Minnesota, two sisters, Mrs. Earl (Lynn) Kecker, of East Dubuque, Illinois, and Mrs. Sam (Doris) Incontro of Omaha; 15 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.
Services will be at 11:30 AM Monday at St. John's Lutheran Church, the Rev. Dr. E. A. Hering, will officiate. Following cremation, interment will be at the Ridgewood Cemetery.
[There is no date of this obituary. However, in the Social Security Death Index, there is a Penrod Clover, born 24 June 1918, died September 1981, last residence, Council Bluff, Iowa. ]
Times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, 20 December 1975
Former Resident of Albion Dies
Mrs. Everett (Ruth) Clover, 69, of Muscatine, died Friday at Mercy Hosptial in Iowa City. Services will be at 1:30 PM Monday at the Avey Funeral Home with the Rev. John Robiinson of the Gerwin United Methodist Church in charge. Burial will be in Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
Born 19 November 1907 in Polk County, Nebraska, she was the daughter of Albert and Nellie Willita Hall. She came with her parents to Albion, where she graduated from high school. She also was a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa and taught school several places in Iowa.
She married Everett Clover 15 July ?1932? in Mount Carroll, Illinois. They lived in Webster City, Mount pleasant and Indianapolis before moving to Muscatine 11 years ago. Mrs. Clover was a member of the Methodist Church at Mount Pleasant.
Surviving are the widower, one son, Burton Clover, Route 4; a brother, Kenneth Hall of Albion; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Scheid, Montour, and Mrs. Cecil (Helen) Benson, LaMoille; and two grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, a son and two brothers.
Mrs. Clover had been in failing health for four years. Memorials may be directed to the cancer fund.
The following obituaries are from FHL 1487587.
Ruth Clover
Information from the Burlington (Iowa) Hawkeye, dated 22 December 1975.
Extract on index card: Born 19 November 1907 in Polk County, Nebraska; died 19 December 1975, Iowa City, Iowa. Daughter of Albert Hall and Nellie Willete. Spouse of Everett Clover. Married 15 July 1932 Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Survived by husband; brother, Kenneth; sisters, Gladys Scheid and Helen Benson.
Ralph Clover
Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa 30 October 1972
Services for Ralph Clover, 81, of 1231 39th Street, will be at 10:30 AM Tuesday, at Caldwell-Brien-Robbins Funeral Home, with burial at Chapel Hill Cemetery.
Clover, a retired railway mail clerk, was a member of the Dowling Club, the Odd Fellows Lodge, the American Postal Workers Union, the National Association of Retired Federal Employees, and Barracks 1803 of the World War I Veterans. Clover died Saturday following a heart attack.
Survivors include his wife, Gladys; two sons, Michael R. and Patrick M., both of Des Moines; a brother, Clark Clover of Chicago, Illinois; and a sister, Esther Roberts of Red Oak. The family suggests memorials to the Colfax Interfaith Spiritual Center. A Rosary will be held a the funeral home at 8 pm today.
Additional information on card; born 1 December 1890, Glenwood, IA; died 28 October 1972, Des Moines, Iowa; parents, Mahala Disbrow and Isaac Newton Clover; married Gladys M. Olsen, 25 July 1949.
Willis Clover
Cherokee Daily Times, Cherokee, Iowa 16 August 1986
Willis Clover Services Monday [The newspaper clipping is very dark and difficult to read. If anyone has a better copy, please let me know.]
Willis Clover, 71, died Thursday at the Veteran's Administration Hospital at Souix Falls, South Dakota following a long illness. His home was on a farm in Spring Township. He had been a resident of Cherokee County since 1964? and prior to that time had been in [-------]
Services will be at Monday 2 pm, at the Boothby Funeral Home, Cherokee with burial in the Afton Township Cemetery. There will be a family prayer service at the funeral home at 4:45 pm on Monday.
Mr. Clover was born 12 June 1915 in Aurelia. On 15? October 1935, he married Emogene Smith in Cherokee. He worked for his father at Clover Plumbing in Aurelia.
Survivied by a son, Steven; daughters, Sherry Butler, Marilyn McDowell, Jeanette Ford; sisters, Bernice Furia, Maxine Bell. [See next obit for his wife.]
The following is not from the card index file, it was sent to me. I put it here after her husband's obituary.
Emogene Clover
Cherokee County, Iowa, Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Cherokee Chronicle Times
Emogene Clover of Cherokee , age 92, passed away Sunday morning February 6, 2011 at Country Side Estates in Cherokee.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 9th, at 2 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, with Rev. Ethan Sayler officiating. Burial will be in the Afton Township Cemetery, rural Cherokee.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the Boothby Funeral Home, and visitation will continue on Wednesday with the family present from 1 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. There will be a family prayer service at the funeral home at 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday. On line condolences may be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com.
Emogene was born November 14, 1918 in rural Cherokee to Thomas E "Barney" and Ella (Hill) Smith. She was raised on the farm, and went to school in rural Cherokee. She was married to Willis B. Clover Sr. of Aurelia on October 15, 1936 in Cherokee, and to this union two children were born, Sharon K. Schultz and Willis B. Clover Jr.
Emogene worked at the Cherokee Mental Health Institute for several years before moving to Spencer, where she and her husband resided for 18 years, before moving to the farm in rural Cherokee. Emogene was a member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary. She enjoyed going to the casinos and playing bingo, but also loved being outside working in her yard and flowers.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Willis Sr., in 1986; her son, Willis "Billy" Clover Jr., in 1998, one son-in-law Melvin Schultz; one grandson Mark Dorcas; and three brothers and seven sisters.
She is survived by her daughter, Sharon Schultz of Fairmont, Minnesota; seven grandchildren: Tammy Kain, Shelly (Tom) Gunderson, Kurt Schultz, Val (Laureen) Clover, William Clover, Kristen Miller, and Seth Durr; 10 great- grandchildren: Josh Kain, Ryan Driehorst, Logan Gunderson, Katy Nutt, Justin Dorcas, Briana Dorcas, Briana Cane, Vicky Clover, Eli Clover, and Helen Clover; nine great great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Lowell K. Clover
Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa 26 April 1983 page 16.
Extract on index card: Born 12 July 1912, Carman, Illinois; died 26 April 1983, La Harpe, Illinois; Burial at Terre Haute Cemetery, Terra Haute, Illinois. Married 21 January 1940, Middleton, Iowa, to Maxine Ailer. Son of George, Eva Kern.
G. Kern Clover
Burlington (Iowa) Hawkeye, 15 March 1983.
Extract from index card: Born 25 January 1910, Carmen, Illinois; died 14 March 1983, Macomb, Illinois, burial at Terra Haute Cemetery, Terra Haute, Illinois. Married 20 April 1935 at Ferria, Illinois, to Elsie Bennett. Parents: George; Eva Kern. Survived by sons; Arlin, Richard; daughters, Elaine Byers, Luann Stella; Kathy Hensley, Carol Clover; brother, Lowell; sisters, Bernice Furia, Maxine Bell.
Joseph Harry Clover
Burlington (Iowa) Hawkeye, 27 December 1972.
Extract from index card: Born 3 August 1877, Carmen, Illinois; died 26 December 1972 at Charleston, Iowa; buried Carmen Cemetery; married Kathryn McHane 2 June 1905; parents Marcellus and Susan McClure Clover. Survived by sons, Everett, Dean, Floyd; daughter, Mrs. Eva Hanson; brother, Norris.
There are also some reference cards which cross reference cards which I don't have because I only had time to copy the Clovers.
Margaret Clover, see Elvin Sailor
Mary Clover see Harry M. Gillis
Dorothy Clover see John S. Shey
John C. Breezley
ADVOCATE, Rockwell City,
Calhoun County, Iowa,
Thurs., Nov. 27, 1924 Obituary
Thurs., Nov. 27, 1924 Obituary
Mr. Breezley leaves to mourn
his loss, his wife, seven children; Miss Florence Breezley of St.
Louis, Mo.; Mrs.
H. L. Clover of St. Louis, Mo.;
Mrs. Lee Huston and Harriet, Evelyn, Ralph and Roger Breezley, all of
Rockwell City; his mother, who resides in Oklahoma; three brothers and
one sister.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~iacalhou/johnbreezley.html
Mills County, Iowa
Miss Mary Clover
Obituary, Fairfield (Iowa) Tribune, Wednesday, 4 April 1894, column 6 page 1: Glendale [Mills County, Iowa], Miss Mary Clover was buried in the Union Cemetery Easter Sunday. Many of our people feel her loss deeply. Mr. Balden Parsons, Joseph Hickenbottom and others of our people were Miss Clover’s scholars when she taught school 40 years ago. Miss Clover’s parents and their family came to Iowa in 1844 in company with Wilson Green’s family.
Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa.
Originally published in the Clover Family Exchange Vol. 6 Issue 2 November 1991 by Bob and Marguerite Clover. The name of the newspaper was not included. Thanks to Pat Vaseska for typing this for me.
Obituary of Mahala D. Disbrow Clover
Services held here on Friday for Mrs. Isaac Newton Clover
Mahala D. Clover died on December 29, 1943, in Glenwood, Iowa. She has lived in Glenwood for 61 years, and died at the age of 93 years, was ill for only a few days.
Services for Mrs. Clover were held in the Raynor Chapel Friday, December 31, 1943 at 2:30 p.m., with Rev. H.G. Parker of the Methodist Church officiating. Music was furnished by Corp. Martin Richardson, with Mrs. Edwin Fleer at the piano. Those caring for the flowers were Mrs. Harry Ling and Mrs. Herb Edmonds. The pallbearers were J.L. Ross, Paul Sulhoff, Art Buers, Reed Graves, Marion Wiles, and Joe Wilcox. Interment was in the Glenwood Cemetery.
The following life sketch was read at the Funeral service.
Mahala D. Disbrow was born October 10, 1850, near Waterloo, Monroe County, Illinois. It was there she grew to womanhood.
On November 4, 1873 she was united in holy wedlock with Isaac N. Clover, the ceremony being performed at Waterloo, Illinois.
Ten children were born to this union, four of whom survive, namely, Clark and Arthur Clover of Glenwood, Iowa, Ralph Clover of Oakpark, Illinois, and Mrs. Esther Roberts of Red Oak, Iowa. There are two grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Clover spent the first nine years of their married life first in Nebraska, and then in Kansas, where in the later state, they lived on a homestead. They came to Glenwood, Iowa in 1882. Thus Mrs. Clover has been a continuous resident of Glenwood for 61 years.
Mrs. Clover was converted and united with the Methodist Church at Waterloo, Illinois when but 12 years of age. After coming to Glenwood she united with the Methodist church here. Thus for 81 years she was known as a Christian. Few people have lived so long; fewer still have lived so well. She loved people, and was in turn was loved by them. She had a radiant smile, cheery word, and helping hand for all those about her. She was known as wife, mother, neighbor, and friend in the very best sense of those terms. She was rugged of body, virile of mind, and beautiful of spirit.
She cared for her own home until a few weeks before her passing when she was taken to the home of her son, Clark; where hands prompted by love, ministered to her. She passed peacefully into rest Wednesday evening, December 29, 1943, having reached the advanced age of 93 years, 2 months, and 19 days.
This obituary was originally published in the Clover Family Exchange Vol. 6 Issue 2 November 1991 by Bob and Marguerite Clover. Thanks to Pat Vaseska for typing this for me.
Obituary of Isaac Newton Clover
Death in Our Midst
June 16, 1913: Another veteran of the Civil War passes away.
Isaac N. Clover died at his home in North West part of town (Glenwood, Iowa) Friday evening June 13, 1913.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Weaver of Tabor assisted by Rev. Graves of this city at the family residence, Sunday afternoon, at three o’clock.
Ex-soldiers were pall bearers. Deceased was born in Illinois, February 19, 1837 which made him 76 years old last February.
After growing to manhood he enlisted and served in Co. A 130th, Illinois Infantry during the war of the rebellion.
He was married twice. From his first wife, two children are living. Next he married Mahala D. Disbrow, from whom ten children were born, seven of whom are living, and three sons and one daughter live in this city with their mother. One brother, J. H. Clover also survives the deceased.
Originally published in the Clover Family Exchange Vol. 6 Issue 2 November 1991 by Bob and Marguerite Clover. Thanks to Pat Vaseska for typing this for me. Note his wife died in Nebraska in 1910 and her obituary was published there.
Obituary of John Wesley Clover
Died in I.O.O.F. Home, Mason City, Iowa
John W. Clover, a former well known resident of Hastings, Iowa, died Friday evening after a brief illness in the I.O.O.F. Home in Mason City where he had been making his home for a few years past. Mr. Clover had been a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge in Hastings for 47 years.
He was brought to Hastings Monday afternoon and funeral services held in the Methodist Church at 3 o’clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. I.E. Tando.
Burial was in the Hastings Cemetery. The pall bearers were Ed Hathaway, C.W. Moore, W.E. Purcell, C.C. Harman, W.Q. Oliver, and Harvey Hall.
The members of the I.O.O.F. lodge attended in a body and formed a guard of honor at the grave where they put on the burial service of the order.
The following obituary was read:
John Wesley Clover, son of Dorcas and John Clover, was born in Monroe County, Illinois July 19, 1848.
He was united in marriage to Esther (Hester) Caroline Disbrow on January 1, 1874. To this union were born eight children.
Leaving Illinois they endured the many hardships of pioneer life in Kansas and Johnson County, Nebraska until the fall of 1881 when he moved his family to Mills County, Iowa making their home at Glenwood and Hastings until 1903, when they moved to a farm at Pender, Nebraska, where they resided until the death of his wife.
Besides his wife who died March 7, 1910, he was preceded in death by one daughter whose death occurred in 1900 and two children having died in infancy.
He passed away peacefully on October 11, 1935 at Mason City, Iowa, having reached the age of 87 years, three months and 22 days.
At an early age he was united with the Methodist Church.
In 1888 he became a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 387 at Hastings, Iowa where he has always retained his membership, having always lived up to their beautiful teachings.
He leaves to mourn his five children as follows: Mrs. Mae E. Dill, Albion, Nebraska, Will J. Clover and Mrs. Walt Rogers of Pender, Nebraska, Mrs. Glenn Greeson of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, and Charles E. Clover of Brentwood, California; six granddaughters and one grandson.
Mills County, Iowa
Miss Mary Clover
Obituary, Fairfield (Iowa) Tribune, Wednesday, 4 April 1894, column 6 page 1: Glendale [Mills County, Iowa], Miss Mary Clover was buried in the Union Cemetery Easter Sunday. Many of our people feel her loss deeply. Mr. Balden Parsons, Joseph Hickenbottom and others of our people were Miss Clover’s scholars when she taught school 40 years ago. Miss Clover’s parents and their family came to Iowa in 1844 in company with Wilson Green’s family.
Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa.
Originally published in the Clover Family Exchange Vol. 6 Issue 2 November 1991 by Bob and Marguerite Clover. The name of the newspaper was not included. Thanks to Pat Vaseska for typing this for me.
Obituary of Mahala D. Disbrow Clover
Services held here on Friday for Mrs. Isaac Newton Clover
Mahala D. Clover died on December 29, 1943, in Glenwood, Iowa. She has lived in Glenwood for 61 years, and died at the age of 93 years, was ill for only a few days.
Services for Mrs. Clover were held in the Raynor Chapel Friday, December 31, 1943 at 2:30 p.m., with Rev. H.G. Parker of the Methodist Church officiating. Music was furnished by Corp. Martin Richardson, with Mrs. Edwin Fleer at the piano. Those caring for the flowers were Mrs. Harry Ling and Mrs. Herb Edmonds. The pallbearers were J.L. Ross, Paul Sulhoff, Art Buers, Reed Graves, Marion Wiles, and Joe Wilcox. Interment was in the Glenwood Cemetery.
The following life sketch was read at the Funeral service.
Mahala D. Disbrow was born October 10, 1850, near Waterloo, Monroe County, Illinois. It was there she grew to womanhood.
On November 4, 1873 she was united in holy wedlock with Isaac N. Clover, the ceremony being performed at Waterloo, Illinois.
Ten children were born to this union, four of whom survive, namely, Clark and Arthur Clover of Glenwood, Iowa, Ralph Clover of Oakpark, Illinois, and Mrs. Esther Roberts of Red Oak, Iowa. There are two grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Clover spent the first nine years of their married life first in Nebraska, and then in Kansas, where in the later state, they lived on a homestead. They came to Glenwood, Iowa in 1882. Thus Mrs. Clover has been a continuous resident of Glenwood for 61 years.
Mrs. Clover was converted and united with the Methodist Church at Waterloo, Illinois when but 12 years of age. After coming to Glenwood she united with the Methodist church here. Thus for 81 years she was known as a Christian. Few people have lived so long; fewer still have lived so well. She loved people, and was in turn was loved by them. She had a radiant smile, cheery word, and helping hand for all those about her. She was known as wife, mother, neighbor, and friend in the very best sense of those terms. She was rugged of body, virile of mind, and beautiful of spirit.
She cared for her own home until a few weeks before her passing when she was taken to the home of her son, Clark; where hands prompted by love, ministered to her. She passed peacefully into rest Wednesday evening, December 29, 1943, having reached the advanced age of 93 years, 2 months, and 19 days.
This obituary was originally published in the Clover Family Exchange Vol. 6 Issue 2 November 1991 by Bob and Marguerite Clover. Thanks to Pat Vaseska for typing this for me.
Obituary of Isaac Newton Clover
Death in Our Midst
June 16, 1913: Another veteran of the Civil War passes away.
Isaac N. Clover died at his home in North West part of town (Glenwood, Iowa) Friday evening June 13, 1913.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Weaver of Tabor assisted by Rev. Graves of this city at the family residence, Sunday afternoon, at three o’clock.
Ex-soldiers were pall bearers. Deceased was born in Illinois, February 19, 1837 which made him 76 years old last February.
After growing to manhood he enlisted and served in Co. A 130th, Illinois Infantry during the war of the rebellion.
He was married twice. From his first wife, two children are living. Next he married Mahala D. Disbrow, from whom ten children were born, seven of whom are living, and three sons and one daughter live in this city with their mother. One brother, J. H. Clover also survives the deceased.
Originally published in the Clover Family Exchange Vol. 6 Issue 2 November 1991 by Bob and Marguerite Clover. Thanks to Pat Vaseska for typing this for me. Note his wife died in Nebraska in 1910 and her obituary was published there.
Obituary of John Wesley Clover
Died in I.O.O.F. Home, Mason City, Iowa
John W. Clover, a former well known resident of Hastings, Iowa, died Friday evening after a brief illness in the I.O.O.F. Home in Mason City where he had been making his home for a few years past. Mr. Clover had been a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge in Hastings for 47 years.
He was brought to Hastings Monday afternoon and funeral services held in the Methodist Church at 3 o’clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. I.E. Tando.
Burial was in the Hastings Cemetery. The pall bearers were Ed Hathaway, C.W. Moore, W.E. Purcell, C.C. Harman, W.Q. Oliver, and Harvey Hall.
The members of the I.O.O.F. lodge attended in a body and formed a guard of honor at the grave where they put on the burial service of the order.
The following obituary was read:
John Wesley Clover, son of Dorcas and John Clover, was born in Monroe County, Illinois July 19, 1848.
He was united in marriage to Esther (Hester) Caroline Disbrow on January 1, 1874. To this union were born eight children.
Leaving Illinois they endured the many hardships of pioneer life in Kansas and Johnson County, Nebraska until the fall of 1881 when he moved his family to Mills County, Iowa making their home at Glenwood and Hastings until 1903, when they moved to a farm at Pender, Nebraska, where they resided until the death of his wife.
Besides his wife who died March 7, 1910, he was preceded in death by one daughter whose death occurred in 1900 and two children having died in infancy.
He passed away peacefully on October 11, 1935 at Mason City, Iowa, having reached the age of 87 years, three months and 22 days.
At an early age he was united with the Methodist Church.
In 1888 he became a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 387 at Hastings, Iowa where he has always retained his membership, having always lived up to their beautiful teachings.
He leaves to mourn his five children as follows: Mrs. Mae E. Dill, Albion, Nebraska, Will J. Clover and Mrs. Walt Rogers of Pender, Nebraska, Mrs. Glenn Greeson of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, and Charles E. Clover of Brentwood, California; six granddaughters and one grandson.
The Gazette (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA)
September 18, 2009
Edition: F
Page: 8A
IOWA CITY
Gertrude R. Kemp, 91, of Iowa City, died peacefully Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009, at Mercy Iowa City. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service, with the Rev. Rebecca Carver officiating. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Saturday. Graveside services will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Tipton Masonic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established in memory of Gertrude and her daughter, Lisa Biggs Suter.
Gertrude was born Sept. 6, 1918, in Tipton, the daughter of O.I. and Gertrude Hazelton Clover. She was a 1936 graduate of Tipton High School. Gertrude married Max L. Biggs in 1941. Max died in 1972. Gertrude married Richard E. Kemp in 1975. Gertrude was a longtime employee of the Cedar County Assessors Office and before that had worked for the federal government and Wilkins Appraisal Co. She moved to Iowa City in 1984.
Gertrude is survived by nieces and nephews, Jim (Leah Rae) Highly of Fairfax, Paul (Tracy) Sailor of Dillsboro, Ind., Steve (Kitty) Highly of Iowa City, Ann (Loren) Rings of Brookings, Ore., and Paul "Tim" (Shari) Clover of San Rafael, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Max and Richard; her beloved daughter, Lisa; three sisters, Elizabeth Highly, Margaret Sailor and Ruth Fiala; and three brothers, Robert, Jimmie and Paul Clover.
Online condolences may be directed to www.lensing funeral.com
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