Dina Ione Cleffman Holwager Obituary (1944

HANOVER CHAPELMrs. Dina Ione Cleffman Holwager, age 79, of Brunswick, Georgia formerly of Chelsea, Indiana entered this life on November 15, 1944, at King's Daughters' Hospital in Madison, Indiana. She was the loving daughter of the late Cleatis Norris Cleffman and Hildreth Ione Jackson Cleffman. She was raised on a farm in Chelsea, Indiana. She graduated from Southwestern High School in Hanover in 1962. Shortly after was married to Kendall Horine for six years. Dina was married to Robert Holwager in June 1969, and moved to Scipio, Indiana. They divorced in 1989. Dina worked at various jobs in the Columbus, Indiana area---dry cleaner employee, medical insurance claims processor, and a clerk at Walmart. On January 1, 2005, Dina and Robert Holwager remarried, and they moved to Brunswick, Georgia. In 2009 Dina retired from the Brunswick Walmart. Dina enjoyed traveling and had been to 49 of the 50 states missing only Alaska. She and Robert enjoyed riding their three-wheel GoldWing motorcycle and made a number of long-distance trips in the United States. She enjoyed accompanying Robert to the golf course as a special caddy. She was a member of the Brunswick Shrine Club Auxiliary. Dina died on Monday, January 8, 2024, at the Hospice of Golden Isles in Brunswick, Georgia. A LOVING FAMILY Dina will be missed by her loving husband of nineteen years, Robert Holwager of Brunswick, Georgia; her step son, Bobby Wayne Holwager and his wife, Bev; her sister, Linda Cleffman of Chelsea, Indiana; her brothers, John N. Cleffman of Jacksonville, Arkansas, Donald R. Cleffman of Chelsea, Indiana; two nieces, five-step grandchildren; an Aunt and Uncle, cousins, in-laws, and friends . She was preceded in death by her father, Cleatis Norris Cleffman, died 1995, her mother, Hildreth Ione Jackson Cleffman, died in 2003, her maternal grandparents, Andrew and Freda Jackson, and her paternal grandparents, John and Flora Cleffman. DINA'S WISHESCremation was chosen with no services to be held. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to Shriner's Hospital for Children. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online condolences, remembrances and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com Place An Online Donation To send a flower arrangement in memory of Dina Ione Cleffman Holwager, please click here to visit our sympathy store.