I'm remembering all the times I came out to Eliza's home to visit...I loved watching the hummingbirds and other wildlife while we sat and  enjoyed each other's company.  I also enjoyed the times of eating together at her big table and reading the Scriptures and praying together.  She was a dear friend and a lovely, gracious lady.  I still miss her!  Pat

I'm so sorry I missed the service. Aunt Eliza was very special to me and would call me from time to time to check on me and the family. I know she is going to be laughing and love catching up with Johny Leah, Uncle John and Grand June. Love you all and hold you on my heart and prayers 

Anise Pippin.

Whether talking to Eliza in person or on the phone, I was blessed by her positive outlook, her wit, her humor, her precious memories, and her firm belief in our Lord.  Eliza will be sorely missed!

Ye Must Be Born Again
 
We thought we were gifting her
As we stopped by to pay a Sunday afternoon call
To the one who’d prayed so fervently
For Oscar, our newest grandson.
 
Eliza roused herself from the shadow of the armchair
That dwarfed her.
With skin as white as her shirt was black,
She preached as eloquently
As a preacher ever preached,
Of Jesus’s love for her,
To have died on the cross for her.
And she held a white Kleenex to her eyes,
As if in total surrender.
 
At ninety-seven, with a heart so tender,
Total surrender is possible.
I pray that Oscar will someday reach that point.
 
 
Marcy Block
September 16, 2018
 

Eliza = LOVE!!!  What a joy just to be with her!  Thank you, God, for the privilege of knowing and worshiping with Eliza🤗🙏🏻👌❤️  Ginger

Every time I saw Mrs. Van Cleve's name on my schedule, I looked forward to visiting with her! Eliza was such an interesting lady! We live close to each other so she told me to come over and get some Coneflowers from her to plant in my own yard and I did! I still tell the joke Eliza shared with me about the old lady that was trying to impress her suitor that came to visit. (The old lady had placed a needle on the gate post) As the old lady and her suitor were rocking on the front porch, the old lady said "Carl, I do believe that is a needle out on the gatepost!" Of course, Carl was so impressed with the old lady's eyesight! After a while of rocking, the old lady asks Carl if he would like to go inside for a glass of sweet tea? As they walk past the kitchen table, the old lady yelled " Cat! Get down off the table and she proceeded to knock off a "pitcher of milk" off! hehehehehe The reason Mrs. Eliza told me the joke was because we had been discussing me seeing deer in her yard and she told me the evening before she had yelled and yelled trying to scare the deer away so they wouldn't eat her flowers and she was surprised that they were not even startled by her yelling! The next morning she realized that it was not deer after all! She had forgotten that her Crepe Mrytles had been trimmed and she thought that they were deer! hehehehehehe She was such a sweet and lovely lady and I know you all will miss her very much! I know she is with her creator and would not come back if she could! We will see her again, one day! Prayers for her family! Brenda at Dr. Joe Pabian's DDS

Dear Sweet Eliza, it’s been such a joy to know you and spend time with you through the years.  You always greeted us with your beautiful smile, showering your love upon us.  We had so much fun folding service booklets with you at church every week for years, remembering how you had to tell Iree to quit visiting and get back to work!  We’ve had so many good laughs together!  Now we know you’re rejoicing with the LORD and being showered with His everlasting love.  In Christ,  Jim and Pat

Aunt Hattie, Eliza, Pearl the sisterhood.  We always looked forward to going to see a auntHattie  and her sisters. They were more than sisters they were true neighbors. Watching out for one another sharing their love of nature  their stewardship of  what they had been blessed with. They are together again and that warms my heart.

Thank you, Iree for that  photograph from the mantelpiece of you beautiful mother, Eliza.  She was beautiful inside and out, always greeting you with a compliment, giving warm welcome and generous affection.
    I treasure  visits  to her house at the edge of the woodlands among the flowers . Those visits were joyful times, because Eliza and Iree are so very dear and our conversations  always centered on the goodness of God . He was the unseen  guest and His presence was always there with us. God and the girls! What a great fellowship. And the circle will not be broken. We all will be reunited at the Lamb’s High Feast. 

OBITUARIO

Eliza E. Van Cleve

21 diciembre, 1921 – 12 mayo, 2019

Griffin Leggett Rest Hills Funeral Home

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