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Bethany and Roran Clark
BETHANY "BLAZE" GRACE CLARK
RORAN PIERCE CLARK
Belle Plaine
Bethany "Blaze" Grace Clark, 18, and her son, Roran Pierce Clark, 2, passed away Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, due to a motor vehicle accident.
Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, at First Congregational Church, Belle Plaine, with Pastor Kate West officiating. There will be a time for remembrance and fellowship in the church basement following the service until 6 p.m.
Bethany, the daughter of Timalee Clark and Matthew Clark, was born April 5, 1997, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Bethany was home-schooled and later received her GED. She worked in sales and as a telephone rep.
On June 5, 2013, she was joined by the light of her life, Roran Pierce, the son of Bethany and Cole Thomas Gray. Roran was full of life – he was the sweetest little boy, with an amazing billy goat laugh.
Bethany was a free spirit who loved to change her hair color; she enjoyed music, while Roran was a big fan of the movie "Cars," taking showers and water fights. Bethany and Roran were a team; he was her life.
Family includes parents of Bethany, Matthew (Shari Teneyck) Clark and Timalee Clark, both of Belle Plaine; father of Roran, Cole Gray of Cedar Rapids; Roran's grandparents, Ronietta (Ron) Ricklefs and Rodger (Cara) Gray, both of Cedar Rapids; Bethany's significant other, Logan Weldon of Belle Plaine and close friend, Darrien Purk; Bethany's birth parents, Stacey Vileta of Brooklyn and T.H. (Amanda) Malloy of Iowa City; her siblings, Nikki Dubose of Waterloo, Justin Vileta of Brooklyn, Valerie Vileta of Brooklyn, Gage Malloy of Cedar Rapids, Jaiden Spencer of Iowa City and Rhiannen Malloy of Iowa City; Bethany's grandparents, Marie Goodwin and Elmer Malloy, both of Belle Plaine; honorary sisters, Sarah Wiebbecke, Alexis Williams and Justa Goodwin, all of Belle Plaine; and many more loving family and friends.
They were preceded in death by Bethany's great-grandparents, Tim and Grace Bowen and Leon Clark; and grandparents, Jim Hughes, Virgina Hoffman and Suzanne Gray.
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