Wavie Yvonna (Shrum) McClelland, 96 of Saltsburg, PA passed away August 5, 2021 at the home of her daughter in Omaha, Nebraska.
The daughter of Orville B. and Bessie B. (Beason) Shrum, she was born May 4, 1925 in Saltsburg, PA.
Wavie worked as an LPN at Torrence State Hospital, Blairsville, retiring in 1991.
Wavie’s sweet, loving and witty personality was as unique as her name. She dearly loved and cared for her family.
She is survived by her children, Florence E. Adair and husband Thomas “Dan” of Saltsburg, John H. McClelland, Jr and wife Kathy of Indiana and Yvonne L. Jelken and husband Norman of Omaha, NE.; 10 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 7 great-great-grandchildren, 4 sisters, Mary Emma Lutz, Martha Bell Keller, Anna Kramp and Georgia Seaberry and 1 brother, Archie Shrum.
In addition to her parents, Wavie was preceded in death by 5 brothers, John, Chester, Orville, Harold and Floyd Shrum and 3 sisters Violet Kelly, Grace Chaplin and Bertha Jacobs Puskar.
Friends will be received on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the Bowser-Minich Funeral Home, Indiana. Funeral services will begin at 12 noon with her son-in-law Pastor Norman Jelken officiating. Interment will be in the Union Cemetery, Shelocta, PA.
Memorial contributions may be made to AseraCare Hospice, 6307 Center St, Suite 210, Omaha, NE 68106.
