Clifford Lloyd Moen

Clifford "Cliff or Pete" Moen, age 76 of Atwater, passed away Friday, March 15, at his residence surrounded by his family.

A gathering of family and friends to celebrate Clifford’s life be held from 2-5 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, at the Peterson Brothers Atwater Funeral Home.  Interment will be at a later date.  Arrangements are entrusted to the Peterson Brothers Atwater Funeral Home.  www.petersonbrothers.com

Clifford Lloyd Moen was born on February 21, 1948, to Carroll and Nellie (Kuperus) Moen in Bertha, Minnesota.  Clifford attended the Willmar schools and spoke of being a paperboy as a child in Pennock.  On March 10, 1966, he married Janet Olson in Watertown, South Dakota. They lived in Willmar for a short time before moving to Belgrade.  While living in Belgrade, they raised their family on the farm where he milked cows and farmed.  The first few years in Belgrade he worked as a welder for Steel Tank.  In 1997, he and Janet moved to Atwater where he worked as a maintenance worker at the Jennie-O Feed Mill in Atwater until his retirement in 2013.  Clifford enjoyed deer hunting, fishing, spending time with his family and friends and was known for his gift to gab.

Clifford is survived by his wife Janet of 58 years; son, Roger (Wanda) Moen of New London; daughters, Julie (Nate Ellson) Moen of Atwater, Nita (Keith) Rohlik of Spicer, and Mary Grote of Harlan, Iowa; ten grandchildren, Tommy (Kayla), Kyle (Amanda), Nicole, Brandon (Bryanna), Richard, Brian (Ellie), Namira (Hailey), Katie (Mathew), Nicholas and Josephine; and seven great grandchildren, Kiki, Kaydence, Karter, Kaycee, Chevelle, Cheyenne, Enzo, besides other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Pat Summerlet; and a brother and sister-in-law; Jim and (Penny) Moen.