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Travis Cleveland
TRAVIS EMERSON CLEVELAND
Cedar Rapids
Travis Emerson Cleveland, 92, of Cedar Rapids, died May 24, 2021, at home.
He was born March 25, 1929, in Hartland Township, a few miles west of Northwood, Iowa, at home, the son of Ole and Anges Kleveland.
Survivors include his wife, Rebecca (Lammers) Cleveland; Shannon (Brent) Hood of Ankeny, Chris of Decorah, Joni (Ernie) Henderson of Independence, Tad of Germantown, Wis., Eric (Tanja) Royse of Texas, Susan (Brian) Hart of Chanhassan, Minn., Beth (Steve) O'Donnell of Deerfield Beach, Fla., John (Carrie) Lammers of Sioux City, Michael (Katie) Lammers of Bloomington, Minn., and Nathan (Jenny) Lammers of Cedar Rapids; 22 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Preceding him in death were his first wife, Joanne (Stewart) Cleveland; his parents, Ole and Agnes Kleveland; sister, Ruth Mathahs; son, Thane John; and grandson, Jack Cleveland.
He was educated in Kensett Public School, Waldorf College, Luther College and Drake University. He spent 36 years of his working life in psychiatric facilities, the VA Hospital in Knoxville and Mental Health Institute in Independence, in the use of therapeutic activities with clientele, plus a few years teaching and coaching in Iowa public schools, Rowan, Afton and Madrid.
He was a member of Immaculate Conception Church of Cedar Rapids, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Sons of Norway, the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Liberty, state/national organizations relating to his profession and served as a volunteer tour guide for 20 years at the Norwegian American Museum Vesterheim in Decorah.
He had numerous interests, a major one being the development of a museum at the Mental Health Institute, known as the Days of Yore, that spoke to treatments and environment in the hospital's history.
Private family services will be held. Burial with military rites will be at St. John Catholic Cemetery, Independence, Iowa. Memorials may be directed to Northeast Iowa Food Bank.
White Funeral Home, Independence, Iowa, in charge of the arrangements.
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