Clara loved life and wrote “I've always enjoyed life. I would like to stay at the age of 84 and live forever. A wonderful gift would be to watch all my great grandchildren grow to the age of 84 too. It would be so very interesting to see the changes and compare my life to theirs. What a great gift that would be!”
Clara lived a full life as a traveler, homemaker and mother. She loved to cook, play music, and was a skilled crafter. A farm girl at heart, gardening was a life long passion. Clara married first Clifford (Cliff) Nelson and from that union her daughter Carmen was born. When she married Bernard (Bud) Bloom she was excited to gain a son, Larry.
Clara was predeceased by her parents; husbands Clifford E. Nelson and Bernard E. Bloom; sisters Mrs. Rose (Ray) Bengtson, Mrs. Cornelia (Albert) Dafoe, Mrs. Wilma (James) Hinzpeter, Mrs. Marie (Alfred) Miller, Mrs. Mabel (C. E.) Saugstad and brothers Evertt M. Dowd, Baby Boy Stip, John (Jack) Stip and Ray Stip and son Larry Bloom, his wife Beverly and grandson Jerry M. Bisbee.
Clara is survived by her brother Henry (Hank) Stip, daughter Mrs. Carmen (John) Gallagher, granddaughter Mrs. Crystal (Brian) Bracy and great-grandchildren Evan, Miranda, Quin, Elora, Aiden, and Liam, grandson Thomas J. King V and great-grandchildren Logan and Tyler; and from step son Larry's family granddaughters Mrs. Yvonne (Frank) Roberts, Mrs. Lynn (Kent) Baughman, Mrs. Stacy (Dan) Bowers, grandson Stanley D. Bloom (Cindy) and 19 great-grandchildren, 30 great great grandchildren, 2 great great great grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and family members.
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