Deanna E. Clark

Deanna Clark, 79 of Gibbon passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Private family services will be held at St. James Catholic Church with Father Joseph Hannappel officiating. Deanna Elizabeth, daughter of Gottlieb “Sport” and Eleanor (Rau) Kloewer, was born on April 7, 1941 in Panama, IA. She attended and graduated from St. Mary’s of Assumption Catholic School in Panama. On November 9, 1963, Deanna was united in marriage with Gary Clark at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, IA. They were blessed with three children, Melodie, Phil, and Tim. The couple made their home in Harlan, IA, where Deanna took great pride in raising her children. Deanna and Gary later moved to Gibbon, NE in 1999. Their love held strong through 57 years of marriage. Deanna was strong in her faith in God and was a parishioner of St. James Catholic Church in Kearney, NE. She loved being in the kitchen cooking or baking traditional or new recipes, but mostly she enjoyed spoiling her grandchildren by making their favorites. Deanna also spent time sewing and making special quilts for her family and the beloved ‘Christmas pajamas from grandma’. Gardening and reading were also hobbies. Camping and fishing were favorite weekend activities for many years with her immediate and extended family. She and Gary enjoyed going on winery tours and owned and operated a vineyard west of Gibbon for 12 years. Deanna dearly loved her family and attended any and every event in which they participated. Deanna was a model of acceptance of God’s ways in her life and lived with dignity and grace no matter the situation, even as she was called to Heaven. She passed away at CHI Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE on November 24, 2020. Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Gary Clark of Gibbon; daughter, Melodie Clark Brock of Omaha, son and daughter-in-law, Philip and Betsy Clark of Gibbon, son, Timothy Clark of Des Moines, IA; grandchildren, Addison (Curtis) Baack of Hampton, VA, Nicole Brock of Omaha, Mason Clark of Gibbon, Logan Clark of Gibbon; great grandchild, Carson Havenridge of Omaha; siblings, Jim (Rita) Kloewer of Panama, IA, Edna (Keith) Mallone of Birmingham, AL, Donna Schwery of Panama, IA, Charlet Connelly of Tucson, AZ, Mary (Ken) Bell of Clark, SD; sisters-in-law, Jackie Norton of Harlan, IA, Janet (Jerry) Kruzan of Highbridge, WI; as well as several nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. In addition to her parents, Deanna was preceded in death by her siblings, Helen (Kloewer) Kleffman, Louis Kloewer, Donald Kloewer, and Jane Kloewer. Memorials may be sent to the family for future designation. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home.

Deanna E. Clark

April 7, 1941 - November 24, 2020