*Obit page 129 1936-1940
Aged 61yr; son of Cryus Van Cleave & Cecelia R. Rader.
A twin to Cora Van Cleave.
Ottumwa Courier January 6, 1938
Retired Railway Worker Is Dead
Ora Van Cleve, Who Served 43 Years On Milwaukee Succumbs Today
Ora Van Cleve, 61 of 719 W. Main St., retired roundhouse employee of the Milwaukee railroad, died at St. Joseph hospital today at 4:30 AM. He was the son of Cyrus and Cecilia R. Van Cleve and was born May 20, 1875 in Monroe County. For the last 24 years he lived in Ottumwa. Prior to his retirement on May 8, 1936, because of ill health, Mr. Van Cleve had worked for the Milwaukee railroad for 43 years. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, local Lodge, No. 12. Surviving are two sisters, Cora Van Cleve of Ottumwa and Mrs. Oscar Zigler of Magnum, Oklahoma, and one brother Newton Van Cleve of Blakesburg. He was preceded in death by a brother, William in 1933. Short funeral services will be on Saturday at 1 PM at Johnson's funeral Chapel and at 1:30 PM in the Pentecostal church conducted by the Rev. A. D. McClure. Burial will be made in the Blakesburg cemetery.
*Obit page 129 1936-1940
Aged 61yr; son of Cryus Van Cleave & Cecelia R. Rader.
A twin to Cora Van Cleave.
Ottumwa Courier January 6, 1938
Retired Railway Worker Is Dead
Ora Van Cleve, Who Served 43 Years On Milwaukee Succumbs Today
Ora Van Cleve, 61 of 719 W. Main St., retired roundhouse employee of the Milwaukee railroad, died at St. Joseph hospital today at 4:30 AM. He was the son of Cyrus and Cecilia R. Van Cleve and was born May 20, 1875 in Monroe County. For the last 24 years he lived in Ottumwa. Prior to his retirement on May 8, 1936, because of ill health, Mr. Van Cleve had worked for the Milwaukee railroad for 43 years. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, local Lodge, No. 12. Surviving are two sisters, Cora Van Cleve of Ottumwa and Mrs. Oscar Zigler of Magnum, Oklahoma, and one brother Newton Van Cleve of Blakesburg. He was preceded in death by a brother, William in 1933. Short funeral services will be on Saturday at 1 PM at Johnson's funeral Chapel and at 1:30 PM in the Pentecostal church conducted by the Rev. A. D. McClure. Burial will be made in the Blakesburg cemetery.
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