Lloyd Robert Klever, 24 Aug 1928 - 5 June 2007

KLEVER, JONES, CHEHAK, NOWOTNY-WEISS

Posted By: Netha M Meyer (email)
Date: 6/7/2007 at 06:04:36

Lloyd Robert Klever, age 78, died Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at Rose Haven Nursing Home, Marengo following an extended illness. Funeral Services: 10:00 A.M. Friday, June 8, 2007, First United Methodist Church, Marengo with Rev. Louis Bell officiating. Burial will be in the Marengo Cemetery with military honors. Friends may call from 4:30 to 8 P.M. Thursday, June 7, 2007 at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo. A memorial fund has been established.

He is survived by his wife Glorene; step-children, Gloria Leazer and husband Steve of Wilton, Gayle McCulley and husband Kenny of Barnes City and Glenda Campbell and husband Chuck of Marengo; seven step-grandchildren, Sara Leazer, Laura Leazer, Bronson McCulley, Mandy Dye (Chad), Cara Weiss-Jack (Neal), Melanie Campbell (Kris) and Derek Campbell; and 6 step-great-grandchildren Caprice, Kennedy, and Mason Dye, Kayla and Hailey Jack, and McKenzie Kempf. In addition he is survived by a niece Jody Graesser and husband John and their children Justin and Josh of Citrus Heights, CA, a nephew Randy Chehak and wife Laurie and their children, David, Christine and Julie of Elk Grove, CA; and a sister-in-law, Eileen Chehak of Sacramento, CA. He was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife, RaeJean and a brother-in-law, Joseph Chehak.

Lloyd Robert Klever was born August 24, 1928 in Williamsburg, Iowa, the son of Floyd W. and Opal Jones Klever. He received his education in the Williamsburg schools and graduated from Williamsburg High School in 1946. He served in the U.S. Army for 2 years, stationed in Korea. Lloyd was employed at the Marengo Creamery, and also worked for the Iowa Department of Transportation retiring from there. Lloyd married RaeJean Chehak on October 24, 1952 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. She died January 19, 1995. He married Glorene Faye Nowotny-Weiss on June 15, 1996 at the Little Brown Church.

Lloyd was a member of First United Methodist Church in Marengo. He served on the Marengo Fire Department for many years and was a past member of Kiwanis. He was a member of the Marengo American Legion, the Williamsburg Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Masonic Lodge and El Kahir Shrine. He loved entertaining crowds as a clown with El Kahir Shrine, and as Santa for the American Legion. Lloyd was an avid Hawkeye fan, and he especially enjoyed spending time with his family, grandchildren, great- grandchildren, and extended family and many friends.

Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo
Cedar Rapids Gazette 7 June 2007