Obituary

Lois andrews cleland, 89, of charleston, passed away at home on thursday morning, december 31, 2015.
She was born november 20 1926 in clendenin, the younger daughter of the late r. Carl and maude stephenson andrews.  her grandparents were edward r. And eudora carden andrews and d. Homer and lydia catherine stephenson. she was preceded in death by her sister, eudora catherine (dody) andrews.
Lois’ family moved to charleston in 1932 and she was enrolled in public schools.  she was a 1943 graduate of charleston high school, attended sweet briar college and graduated from west virginia university in 1947 with an ab degree in political science and was also in the delta gamma sorority.  she received her master’s degree from tulane university, la in social work.  while at tulane, she did her field work with the children’s bureau and with the visiting teachers of new orleans.  she was later employed by the children’s home and aid society in chicago, family service in charleston and with the division of child welfare and department of welfare, where she met her husband, dave cleland.  together they had three children, cathy, ann and rob.  lois and dave spent many happy times at their home on lake chaweva, swimming and boating.  later, dave very much enjoyed sailing at their cottage on kilby island in bath, nc, where lois served as first mate.
Lois was a member of first presbyterian church, charleston and a member of trinity ruffner sunday school class.  she had served as a director of the former farmers and citizens bank of clendenin, which was founded by her grandfather stephenson and her father, r. Carl andrews, served as a volunteer with the american red cross and charleston memorial hospital. She enjoyed politics, sports (specifically baseball), card games and dancing.
She is survived by her husband, david h. Cleland; daughters, cathy cleland and ann cleland, son, rob cleland and grandsons; noah moody, alex cleland, quin cleland, and jack cleland.
Funeral service will be 12 noon, thursday, january 7, 2015, at first presbyterian church chapel, 16 leon sullivan way, charleston with rev. Dr. Jim roberts officiating. visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the service in the church chapel. 
in lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations may be made in memory of lois to the church or charity of your choice.