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Wilma June Clevenger, 87 of Sterling passed away on Wed., March 15, 2017 in Northglenn, CO. Visitation will be from 10am to 6pm, Tues., March 21 with family receiving friends from 4pm to 6pm at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral Service will be 10:30am, Wed. March 22 at the Zion Congregational Church with interment to follow at the Haxtun Cemetery at 2:00pm. Wilma was born on June 12, 1929 in Haxtun, CO. She was the first child of Reuben and Amelia (Stumpf) Koehler, who preceded her in death along with her youngest brother Kenny. Wilma grew up in the farming town, of Crook, Co., where she met the love of her life, Maurice "Morty" Clevenger. Wilma and Morty were known to all as a great team. One of their joys was going to Dutch Hops. They were married on August 22, 1948 and farmed in the Proctor area for a several years. Wilma and Morty loved farming. They moved to Sterling for a couple of years, and then to Thornton, Colorado in 1959 where Wilma started her career with F.W. Woolworth. She started out as a stockroom employee in Thornton, CO., and quickly went up the ladder and became a Personal Director, both in Northglenn and Colorado Springs, CO. After retiring Wilma and Mort moved back to Sterling in 1993. It was there that Wilma started a 15 plus year routine of meeting with her dear friends each week for coffee. Wilma is survived by son Larry (Sue) and daughter Vickie (Scott) Buckley all from Thornton, CO. She was grandmother to Chris (Laura) Clevenger of Thornton, Shanon (Scott) Calvin of Thornton, Matthew (Becky) Buckley of Henderson, CO and Courtney (Jim) French of Brighton, CO; great- Grandma Willy to Corey Tatham, Brianna and Colton Clevenger, Ava and Claire French and Emery Buckley; her beloved siblings; sisters Gloria (LaVerne) Rewerts of Cut Bank MT., Norma (Bob) Plank of Sterling, Co., Arlene Ring of Colorado Springs, CO and brother Arlen (Donna) Koehler of Windsor, CO. She is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Zion Congregational Church Scholarship fund, 432 Chestnut Street, Sterling, Colorado 80751 or to the Hospice of the Plains (Sterling branch), 100 Broadway, # A, Sterling, Colorado 80751. Chaney-Reager Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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I send my love to Wilma's family and wish I could have been there for the service to honor a wonderful, kind and friendly woman who was loved by our family for many years! Marlene (Zastrocky) Vandergeest, Estero, FL
Marlene Vandergeest (Zastrocky)
March 24, 2017
Our deepest condolences to all of Wilma's family...She will be greatly missed....We had many opportunities to enjoy Wilma at family gatherings...Wilma was easy to visit with and she had a deep sense of caring and concern for others....Our love & prayers
James&Beth Amen
March 22, 2017
Mrs. Clevenger will be remembered with love. She offered support, kindness and acceptance to those around her. She has been a blessing to many. Our love and prayers go out to her family. Yvonne and family
Yvonne Bader
March 21, 2017
"Mrs. Clevenger", as we knew her, was a wonderful, kind, generous woman. Her daughter, Vicki, was my sister Karen's best friend, but Wilma extended her love to our entire family.
Wilma gave me my first job at Woolworth's in the Northglenn mall and was such a shining example to all of us from Merritt Hutton HS who worked there (there were several of us!). I remember always admiring how stylishly she dressed, too!
Such a beautiful person, inside and out. My heartfelt sympathy and prayers to Larry, Vicki and your entire family.
Janyce (Zastrocky) Johanson
March 19, 2017
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