Detroit Lakes - Roy E. Klove, 83, died Friday, December 24, 1999 at his home in Detroit Lakes.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, December 28 at First Lutheran Church in Detroit Lakes. Casketbearers were Andy Peterson, Warren Solheim, Stanley Solheim, Roger Vettleson, Donald Pederson and Richard Penttinen. Interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery in Detroit Lakes. The David-Donehower Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Roy Edward Klove was born on November 7, 1916 in Pennington county, the son of Lars and Christine (Knutson) Klove. He grew up and attended school in Pennington county.
On May 27, 1942 he married Ruth Agnes Stucy at rural Oklee. They farmed in Pennington county until 1952 when they moved to the Minnesota Iron Range area where Roy worked for the Scranton and LTV Mines in the car repair and maintenance department for 26 years. They lived in Hibbing and Aurora.
Roy was a member of the United Steelworkers of America, Local 4108. He was also a lifetime member of the Sons of Norway and the Eagles.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth of Detroit Lakes, and two granddaughters.
He was preceded in death by two daughters, Avis in 1948, and Renee in 1995; three sisters, Selma, Bertha and Luella; and his parents. A00003B2000JA12