Elsie I. Kluever, 88, Worthington, died Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002, at Worthington Regional Hospital.
Services were Monday, Sept. 16, at St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Worthington. The Rev. Bob Schulze officiated. Burial was in Worthington Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Elsie Hohensee was born to Otto and Marie (Fenske) Hohensee on July 5, 1914, in Bigelow Township. She was raised and attended school in Bigelow.
She married William H. Kluever on April 1, 1933, at St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Worthington. After their marriage the couple lived in Bigelow. In 1949, they moved to the farm west of Bigelow. She worked as a cook in the Bigelow School for more than 20 years. In 1959, they moved to the farm north of Bigelow. They retired in 1976. In 1996,they moved to Worthington.
Mrs. Kluever was a lifetime member of St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Worthington. She enjoyed spending time and decorating in her home.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Douglas (Luetta) Kluever, Bigelow, and Darwin (Marie) Kluever, Garrison; one daughter and son-in-law, Karen (Robert) Meester, Worthington; 13 grandchildren, Renee, Janell, Kim, Tamera, Scott, LeAnn, Kristi, Dawn, Jackie, Mark, Carmen, Shane and Andrea; 17 great-grandchildren; one brother, Dale (Sharlene) Hohensee, rural Worthington; and two sisters, Emma Rockman, Sibley, Iowa, and Dorothy (Vernon) Petrich, Sanborn, Iowa.
Mrs. Kluever was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, William, in December 1996, one son, Robert, in September 1985, an infant granddaughter, Michelle, in 1964, four brothers, Paul, Carl, Ed and Walter Kluever, and five sisters, Clara Haack, Anna Johnson, Gertrude Butcher, Minnie Rockman and Ruth Woolridge.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Worthington, was in charge of arrangements.