Hilda Cleven, 95, died Friday, May 21, 2004 at St. Francis Hospital, Broken Arrow, OK.

Hilda was born January 3, 1909 Grygla, MN, the daughter of Carl and Anna (Evans) Olson, where she grew up and attended country school. On May 8, 1926 she was united in marriage to Hans Cleven in Grygla, MN. The couple made their home in rural Grygla where she was a homemaker and they lived on the family farm. Hans passed away in 1970.

Hilda enjoyed crocheting and loved to travel. She moved to Oklahoma in June 1974 and she would spend summers in Grygla.

Hilda is survived by one son, Charles (Margie) Cleven of Warroad, MN; one daughter, Ardelle Bryant of Owasso, OK; two daughters-in-law: Gloria Cleven of Grygla, MN and Doris Cleven of Grygla, MN; 12 grandchildren: Rena Doebler, Susan Cleven, Gary Cleven, Terry Cleven, Verlene Jensen, Milo Cleven, Michael Cleven, Delano Cleven, Clarice Harder, Kelly Cleven, Holly Cowden and Stacy Scott; 24 great grandchildren; six great-great- grandchildren; two sisters: Sally Olstad of Minneapolis, MN and Genevieve Jarshaw of Newfolden, MN; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Hans Cleven; two sons: Albert and Harlan Cleven; five brothers Olaf Olson, Arvid Olson, Norman Olson, Waldemar Olson and Walfred Olson; four sisters Gladys Olsen, Ella Knutson, Corrine Freitag and Evelyn Joppru; and one great-great-granddaughter, Alliya Jensen.

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