Klemme, Lois LaVerna 1920-1984

KLEMME, SWIFT, NELSON

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 12/5/2012 at 10:30:37

Services were held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 11 at Immanuel Lutheran church in Akron. The Rev. Benard Nelson officiated. Carol Harris was organist and Jim Henriksen, soloist. Burial was in Riverside cemetery in Akron under the direction of the Schroeder funeral home. A prayer service and an Eastern Star service conducted by Vesper Chapter 61 were held Sunday evening at the funeral home.

Pallbearers were Lawrence Maynard, John Dirks; Larry Swift, Tom Miller, Viggo Henriksen, Tom Ross, Jim Miller, Scott Swift, and Bob Swift.

Mrs. Klemme, the former Lois LaVerna Swift, was born July 11, 1920 to LuVern and Selma Nelson Swift in Akron. She graduated in 1938 from Akron high school, where she excelled in sports. She played on the Akron high school girls' basketball team as a guard, and went to the state basketball, tournament twice with the local winning team. Lois, known as "Lefty" pitched for a softball team from the time she was in junior high, and was highly respected by her team mates and opponents. She married Leonard Klemme, January 18, 1942 at Akron. They farmed for many years in the Akron area moving to Akron in 1962 when they opened the Akron Bowl, which they operated until 1976. The couple were co-owners of the Town and Country Hardware store in Akron from 1977 to 1980. Lois was an exceptional bowler and golfer enjoying these activities even through the past year. She will be remembered by her family and friends as a very special person, and a loving, caring wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member and past worthy matron of OES chapter 61; member of the American Legion auxiliary; Rural Home Culture club; Akron Bowling association; and Ladies Golf association. She served on the Akron Community school board of directors, being the first woman elected to this position. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran church and LCW.

Survivors include her husband, Leonard; one daughter, Judy Lynn Davis and one son, Gay nor Swift Klemme, both of St. Louis, Mo.; one sister, Genevieve Earner of Washington, D.C.; two brothers, Burton "Lefty" Swift of Akron, and Hugh "Barney" Swift of Tombstone, Ariz.; two grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Charles.

Akron Register Tribune
Thursday, June 14, 1984
Akron, Iowa