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Clark Obituary
Graveside services for Shirley Clark, age 91, of Grand Island, formerly of Niobrara, will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 21, 2022, at L’Eau Qui Court Cemetery in Niobrara. Delores Ruzicka will officiate.
Brockhaus Funeral Home in Niobrara is in charge of arrangements.
Shirley died Sunday, May 1, 2022, at Tiffany Square Care Center in Grand Island.
Shirley Elaine Freeman Clark, daughter of Valley and Clarice (Knutson) Freeman, was born January 7, 1931, in Niobrara. She attended Niobrara High school, graduating in 1949. Shirley was united in marriage to Bob Clark on March 7, 1951. From this marriage two children were born, Barbara and Kenneth Clark.
Shirley lived in Niobrara for several years, then moved to Seward in 1955 where Bob had joined the Nebraska State Patrol. In 1962, they moved to Holdrege, where she worked as a bookkeeper at First National Bank, and as a school secretary. Her daughter Barb graduated from Holdrege High School. In 1970, they moved to Aurora, when Bob purchased an Insurance Agency. Shirley’s son Kenneth graduated from Aurora High School. They lived in Aurora until Bob’s passing in 2012, when she then moved to Riverside Lodge Retirement Community in Grand Island.
Shirley was a member of the Presbyterian Church, co-owner operator of the Nu-Yu Body Shop in Aurora, a fitness center for women. She was also a member of the Grand Island Saddle Club and Aurora Country Club. Shirley volunteered at the Aurora Thrift Shop. Shirley and Bob wintered in Lake Havasu in Arizona for 20 years. She enjoyed her large flower gardens at her home in Aurora.
She died due to stomach cancer and a stroke at Tiffany Square Nursing Home in Grand Island, at the age of 91.
She is survived by two grandchildren, Alan (Paige) Gibreal of Grand Island and Mathew (Staci) Gibreal of Raymore, Missouri: three great-grandchildren, Nathaniel, Hunter, and Hailey; and several relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Valley and Clarice Freeman; her children, Barbara and Kenneth; and her husband, Bob Clark.
