Larrel D. Clefisch

Larrel Clefisch, 67, Moorhead, MN died on Sunday, April 6, 2014, in PioneerCare, Fergus Falls, MN.
Larrel Delene was born on February 6, 1947, in Manning, Iowa to Lester and Gladys Butterfield Benton. She graduated from Guthrie Center High School in 1965 and graduated from the Antonian School of Practical Nursing, Carroll, Iowa in 1966 and worked at the Finley Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa after licensure.
She was united in Marriage to Lewin Clefisch on May 25, 1968 at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Dubuque, Iowa. She worked at Billings Hospital ICU one of the University of Chicago’s Hospitals for one year. In 1971 they moved to Bremerton, Washington. Larrel volunteered at the Grade School and Church. In 1975 they moved to Everson, Washington. They adopted two children. In 1988 they moved to Fergus Falls, Minnesota where Larrel worked at the Lake Region Hospital and the Fergus Falls Medical Group. She became a Minnesota Master Gardener in 1998. She volunteered for over 11 years at the Minnesota Extension Services.
Larrel also liked to read, sew, embroider and quilt besides gardening indoors and out. She loved to make the best BLT’s from her self started heirloom tomato seeds. Traveling to Washington State, Europe, England, Australia & New Zealand, Tahiti and Hawaii were eye openers and not just the plants but the people and culture.
She is survived by her husband Lewin; daughter Krystel Christopher Hyer; son Nathaniel Beth; grandchildren Adarius, Haylee, Sophia and Madalyn. She was preceded in death by a brother Larry; her parents; and her step father Herbert Howey.
Memorials may be given to Holt International Children’s Services, Northern Plains Botanical Garden Society, the Landscaping Fund at Trinity Lutheran Church, the Trinity Lutheran Foundation or any charity of your choice. No flowers or plants please.