Clara Belle was raised with five brothers and five sisters. She was predeceased by eight of her beloved siblings and several of her brothers and sisters-in-law. Mom is survived by her precious siblings Florence and Leo, as well as some brothers and sisters-in-law. Clara Belle was also predeceased by Kelly, her husband of 58 years as well as her daughter-in-law Jean, grandson Blair, four nephews and two great-nieces. Mom is survived by all seven of her children, Kelly (Laura), Lionel, Michael (Theresia), Paul, Kemery (Bonnie), Sara (Angus), and Lucinda (Clarke). She is also survived by grandchildren Sean, Cara, Neal, Alecia (Darcy), Jason (Carla), Jenny (Nick), Todd, Lindsay (Steven), Donn, Paige, A.J. (Ria), Bruce, Calab, Dallas, and Taylor, great-grandchildren Ty, Chris, Zak, Taysha, Miya, Terek, Alyssa, Silas and William, as well as numerous nephews and nieces.
Mom graduated as a Registered Nurse from the Galt School of Nursing in 1953. After working her entire nursing career in various hospitals and rest homes she retired from Sutherland Hills Rest Home at the age of seventy.
Clara Belle will be remembered fondly and missed by much family, many friends and old classmates, as well as her friends at the Church of the Nazarene, Kelowna Bible Chapel and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church on Gerstmar Road.
On what would have been Mom’s 90th birthday, March 28, 2020 we will be having a celebration of her life at Valleyview Funeral Home, in Kelowna at 3:00 pm.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.valleyviewfuneralhome.com for the family.
SHARE OBITUARY
v.1.8.18