Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Clark, Nelva Keifer December 23 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Nelva Keifer Clark
July 20, 1920 - December 23, 2004

A memorial service will be held Saturday, February 12, 2005, 2:00 p.m., at the 
First Church of Religious Science, 222 Eureka St., in Bakersfield. 

A memorial service will also be held Saturday, January 22, 2005, at 2:00 p.m. 
at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of the Mountains, 246 Church 
St., Grass Valley, CA.

Nelva Keifer Clark was born July 20, 1920 in Butte, Montana and died 
peacefully in the home of her son, Bill Clark and his family on December 23, 
2004. She spent the first five years of her life in Seely Lake, Montana until 
her parents returned to their teaching careers in Ferndale, CA. During the 
1930s the family settled in Glendale, CA. Nelva graduated from Glendale High 
School in June 1938. She attended the University of California, Santa Barbara 
(on the old Rivera campus) graduating in June 1942 and getting married to 
Robert L. Clark on July 20, 1942. The couple subsequently had four children 
and moved to Bakersfield, CA in 1952.

Nelva continued her parents professional tradition and became a kindergarten 
teacher for many years. In the 1970s Nelva became involved with the First 
Church of Religious Science in Bakersfield and began to discover her many 
spiritual talents. She became a Religious Science practitioner and a minister. 
Nelva had a lifelong interest in energetic and spiritual healing and spent 
many years studying, practicing and teaching others in these healing arts. She 
moved to Nevada City, CA in 1994 and deeply enjoyed her years there with many 
friends and activities. Nelva had a talent for keeping track of her many 
friends and was a consistent correspondent. She made a friend wherever she 
went. Her sense of humor was at its best when the circumstances were the most 
impossible. 

She is survived by a daughter, Diana Wood of Sacramento and three sons, Bob 
Clark of Atascadero, Bill Clark of Martinez and Jim Clark of Bakersfield. She 
has ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She will be deeply missed 
by her family and friends. 


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