Klaver, Eilt (1904? - 1980)

KLAVER, LENTE, MAMMINGA, BATES

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 11/11/2014 at 09:38:17

Daily Freeman Journal, Friday, March 7, 1980

Eilt Klaver, 75, a longtime Kamrar area farmer, died yesterday morning at his home.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the First Presbyterian church at Kamrar with Rev. Marvin L. Camp officiating and with burial in the Presbyterian cemetery.

Friends may call at the Foster Funeral home until 9:30 a.m. Monday at which time the casket will be taken to the church.

Eilt Klaver, son of Harm and Dena Lente Klaver, was born June 7, 1907, at Kamrar, where he was reared and educated.

He was married Feb. 15, 1928 to Grace Mamminga, and the couple farmed in the Kamrar area. Since his marriage the family had resided for 52 years on the same farm where he was born.

He is survived by his wife; one son, Raymond, Kamrar; a daughter-in-law, Donna Klaver, of Kamrar; one granddaughter and one step-grandson; four brothers, George H. Klaver, Kamrar; Fred H. Klaver, Iowa Falls; Dan H. Klaver, Arlington, Texas; Wilbur H. Klaver, Des Moines; one sister, Mrs. Minnie K. Bates of Ames.

He was preceded in death by both parents, two brothers.

He was a member of the First United Presbyterian church and the Hamilton County Farm Bureau.