ing cards, & meeting friends at Joyce's deli for morning breakfast and afternoon coffee. She had a large collection of Snow Village items that she took much pride in and loved to sit and look at. And they enjoyed decorating their home and yard with lights at Christmas. In their younger years, she and David enjoyed taking motorcycle rides and going dancing. But, Marlene's greatest joy by far came from being with family. She and David attended football, baseball, and basketball games; band and sing choir concerts and parades, to watch their kids; and T-ball, softball, and basketball games to watch their grand kids. Marlene also did volunteer work at the Palo Alto County Hospital and worked part-time at Joyce's Food Pride. Marlene and David left their Emmetsburg home in 2008 and moved to Minneapolis to live in assisted living near their son, Jeff. After David died in March, 2010, Marlene moved down to Des Moines to be near her son Doug and grand-daughters. She lived at Kennybrook Village where she passed away the morning of Sunday, August 31, 2014. Marlene is survived by her daughter Nancy Clemenson of Des Moines, IA; son Doug Clemenson and Shel of Ames, IA; son Jeff Clemenson and his wife Darcy of Long Lake, MN; grandchildren Ashley and husband Matt Pelzer, Abby and husband Calvin Day, Lindsey, and Jaxon; 2 step-grandchildren Taylor and Blake; and 4 great-grandchildren Eva Rose, Caleb, and new twins Gannon, and Grady. Marlene is preceded in death by her parents, brother Weldon, and husband David.