Obituary of Alma A. Cleven

Alma A. Cleven, 101, died Saturday, June 18, 2005, at Lantern Park Care Center, Coralville. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am, Friday, June 24, 2005, at Gay & Ciha Funeral Home in Iowa City.. Visitation will be from 9:00 am until service time Friday at the funeral home. Graveside services will be 3:00 pm Friday, June 24, 2005, at the Salem Lutheran Cemetery, Lake Mills, Iowa. Memorials may be given the Synod Lutheran Church, Lake Mills, Iowa. Online condolences may be sent for Alma’s family through our website @gayandciha.com. Alma was born July 19, 1903, near Lake Mills, Iowa to Peter and Ida (Peterson) Storby. She was a graduate of Lake Mills High School. She married Norris M. Nelson in September of 1921 in Lake Mills; he preceded her in death in 1936. Alma married Daniel G. Cleven in September 1967 in Lake Mills; he preceded her in death in 1979. Alma was a telephone operator for the Lake Mills Telephone Company and worked at other various businesses in Lake Mills the years she lived there, including Infelts, Stensrud’s Drug Store and the Mils Theatre. She also worked for the Home Economics Department of the University of Iowa, Iowa City. Alma was a member of the Synod Lutheran Church, Lake Mills. Alma’s family includes two daughters, Maxine Thornton of Iowa City and Beatrice and her husband, Darrell Young of Sioux City, Iowa, three sons, Dale Nelson of Rancho Sante Fe, California, Donald Nelson and wife, Marion of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Loren Nelson and wife, Willa Jean of Washington, DC, two stepsons, Roger Cleven and wife, Gloria of Des Moines and Lloyd Cleven and wife, Darlene, of Des Moines, a stepdaughter, Helen Cleven of Arkansas, 14 grandchildren and many great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. Alma was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, 1 son, Warren, a granddaughter, Suzanne, a grandson, David, a sister, Alice Ingebritson, and five brothers, Otis Storby, Clifford Storby, Ben Storby, Irving Storby and Lester Storby. Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service, Iowa City is caring for Alma’s Family and her services.