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| Name |
Rufus Lester McCleve |
| Birth |
31 Jul 1915 |
Taylor, Navajo, Arizona, United States  |
| Christening |
5 Sep 1915 |
Taylor, Navajo, Arizona, United States |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
21 Nov 1935 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWCF-JJW |
| Death |
22 Aug 1992 |
Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States |
| Burial |
25 Aug 1992 |
Show Low Cemetery, Navajo, Arizona, United States |
| Person ID |
I161726 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
John McCleve, b. 3 Apr 1876, Leeds, Washington, Utah, United States d. 27 Feb 1936, Taylor, Navajo, Arizona, United States (Age 59 years) |
| Mother |
Etta Kartchner, b. 15 Jul 1881, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States d. 24 Dec 1926, Taylor, Navajo, Arizona, United States (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage |
30 Oct 1901 |
St. George, Washington, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F41141 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Ella Lewis, b. 25 Jan 1918, Taylor, Navajo, Arizona, United States d. 22 Dec 2003, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States (Age 85 years) |
| Marriage |
22 Sep 1939 |
Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. John Lane McCleve, b. 15 Apr 1959, McNary, Apache, Arizona, United States d. 25 Feb 2020 (Age 60 years) |
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| Family ID |
F41133 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Nov 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 31 Jul 1915 - Taylor, Navajo, Arizona, United States |
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| Christening - 5 Sep 1915 - Taylor, Navajo, Arizona, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 21 Nov 1935 - SLAKE |
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 | Marriage - 22 Sep 1939 - Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
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 | Death - 22 Aug 1992 - Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States |
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 | Burial - 25 Aug 1992 - Show Low Cemetery, Navajo, Arizona, United States |
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| Notes |
- Rufus Lester McCleve and Ella Lewis McCleve
Pages 285-286
I was born July 31, 1915 in Taylor, Navajo County, Arizona to my parent s , John McCleve and Etta Kartchner. My father was the son of Joseph Smi t h McCleve, who was the son of John McCleve, Jr. and Nancy Jane McFerre n , who were born in Ireland, County Down where they accepted the Gospe l an d then came to America with their large family in the year of 1856.
I went through all eight grades of elementary school in Taylor and the n w ent on to Snowflake High School, from which I graduated. My family l ive d on a ranch east of Taylor. By living on the ranch I wasn’t able t o g o to Primary and Mutual, but I nearly always attended Sacrament meeti ng a nd Sunday School with my parents.
I was baptized on my eighth birthday, July 31, 1923 by my father in th e c reek over the hill from our ranch. I was confirmed Aug. 12, 1923 b y Bish op Ira Wakefield.
In November 1935 I was called to serve as a missionary in the Texas Miss i on. Our headquarters was in Houston, Texas. I really enjoyed my missi o n but [I was] only able to be in actual missionary work for three mont h s when I received word that my father had been killed in a truck accide n t between Snowflake and Holbrook on Feb. 28, 1936, so on that date I ca m e home for my father’s funeral and was never able to go back to the mis si on field, because it was my father who had been supporting me. I wrot e t o my mission president and he gave me an honorable release.
I worked on the ranch for awhile and then I went to work for a construct i on company. I worked there for about six weeks and then a big snow sto r m came so I went home to the ranch and helped there.
The next job I went on, I drove truck part of the time and oiled a shov e l the rest of the time. In the summer time I farmed; I had about 18 ac re s of my own.
Ella Lewis was born in Taylor, Navajo County, Arizona on Jan. 25, 191 8 t o William Henry Lewis and Nancy Whipple. When she was eighteen month s ol d her parents moved to Show Low, Arizona where she lived and attende d sch ool the first eight years. She was baptized June 6, 1926 by Lorenz o Will is and confirmed June 7, 1926 by her father.
After graduating from grade school she rode a bus to Union High Schoo l i n Snowflake. She also took three years of Seminary and graduated fro m it . After graduation from high school who worked on several jobs. Sh e wor ked at Ft. Apache for Dr. and Mrs. Forester and later at the Club . She g ot tired of being away from home so much so she got a job in Sho w Low a s a waitress for Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Kirkpatrick. It was while sh e was wo rking there that she attended a dance at the “Blue Moon” where w e met. T his meeting blossomed into a romance and we were married Sept . 22, 1939 i n the Arizona Temple by President Charles Jones.
Ella started working in the Sunday School at twelve years of age as a he l per to Sister Maggie Nikolaus. She also helped at one time with a prim ar y class in the summer time. Since her marriage she has been a visitin g t eacher in three different wards. She was Primary secretary, M.I.A. t each er and a visiting teacher while living in Taylor. While living in D ougla s, Arizona she worked as a teacher in Primary and just before she l eft th ere she was put in as a counselor. When she moved to Show Low sh e was su stained as a Junior Sunday School teacher. She held that positi on for el even years when she was put in as Mia Maid leader in M.I.A. Sh e served i n this capacity for several years and then was taken out and p ut in as as sistant secretary for one year. During this time she was als o sustaine d as a teacher in the Junior Sunday School and still holds tha t position . After being assistant secretary for a year she was called t o be the Fi rst Year Beekeeper and held this job until 1966.
Our first home was a rental of Brother and Sister John Hatch. While liv i ng there our first daughter was born and we named her Sheila. I farme d a nd the latter part of August a hail storm came and ruined our crops . Aft er this we moved to Douglas and I ran a boiler, helping to build a n airpo rt during the second World War. After this job was over I staye d and wor ked at the airport until the end of the war. I was over to Pho enix to b e drafted when peace was declared. We had two girls while livi ng there , Kathie and Nora. We went to Show Low and I worked at the Shel l Oil bul k plant and while there we built a new home.
Our fourth daughter, Marilyn was born May 30, 1946. On Sept. 27, 19 4 7 I started working at McNary and I have been working there ever sinc e a t different jobs.
On May 4, 1949 another baby girl came to bless our home and we named h e r Sharon. In another two years we had Connie on Apr. 18, 1950. July 1 4 , 1952 Nancy Jane was born and on Sept. 7, 1954 Sherlene was born, maki n g us eight girls.
On April 2, 1957 we had our first boy, Verl Lester and on Apr. 15, 195 9 w e had another boy, John Lane.
My Church positions have been president of the Y.M.M.I.A., assistant I t h e superintendency of the Sunday School two different times, the positi o n I now hold. I have also served as a home teacher a lot.
We have ten children: Sheila, Kathie, Nora, Marilyn, Sharon, Connie, Na n cy Jane, Sherlene, Verl Lester and John Lane. Sheila married James Fre de rick Stewart and they have four children: Valorie, Collins Russell, Ke it h Eugene and Jerry Wayne; Kathie married Jimmy Ray Maner and they hav e on e child, Luann; Nora married Lyle Ray West and they have a little bo y, Ra ndy Ray.
Written and submitted by Rufus Lester McCleve 1968
McCleve, pages 285-286, written by the Genealogical Organization for t h e McCleve Family
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