Susan Marie Kluver 1958 - 2014

KLUVER RIESBERG SCHROEDER

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 4/26/2014 at 19:48:23

Sioux City Journal
24 April 2014

OTO, Iowa | Susan Marie Kluver, 56, of Oto passed away Sunday, April 20, 2014, at a hospital in Rochester, Minn.

Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Oto, with the Rev. Dan Greving officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Visitation will be 9 a.m. until service time Friday at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Armstrong Funeral Home in Mapleton, Iowa. Online condolences may be expressed at www.armstrongfuneral.com.

Susan Marie "Susie" Kluver was born on March 13, 1958, to Leo and Bernice (Riesberg) Schroeder, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The family moved to the Oto area, and Susie attended school at Anthon-Oto High School, graduating with the class of 1977.

She married Clayton Kluver on June 24, 1977. They later divorced but remained friends. She worked at the Whiting, Iowa, nursing home and also cared for her mother.

Susie was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Oto. She absolutely loved holding babies, designating herself as the official baby holder in the family when her nieces and nephews were infants. Susie enjoyed working with her hands. She was talented with the crochet hooks, creating treasures for her family. She also loved to bake.

Family members left to treasure their memories of Susie include her mother, Bernice Schroeder of Oto; three brothers, Loren and Pam Schroeder of Sergeant Bluff, Lyle Schroeder of Smithland, Iowa, and Pat and Deb Schultzen of Moville, Iowa; three sisters, Pearl and Charlie Kilzer of Sioux City, Joyce and Randy Traver of Climbing Hill, Iowa, and Carol Rogers of Oklahoma City, Okla.; a sister-in-law, Lori Schroeder of Anthon, Iowa; her ex-husband, Clayton Kluver; along with several nieces, nephews, aunts, and uncles; and many good friends.

Susan was preceded in death by her father, Leo Schroeder; her son, Matthew Kluver; her brother, Lee Schroeder; and her sister-in-law, Carol Schroeder.