Kleiboeker Family Tree - Person Sheet
Kleiboeker Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameKathleen ”Kay” Williams 
Birth18 Oct 1938, Hepburn, Page County, Iowa
Death16 Feb 2014, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa
BurialSummit Cemetery, Yorktown, Page, Iowa, USA
Spouses
Birth6 May 1936, Yorktown, Page County, Iowa, United States of America
Death22 Aug 1984, Iowa
FatherAndrew August Johann Claybaker (1896-1948)
MotherRosa S Claybaker (1896-1985)
Marriage1 Aug 1964, Iowa
Children(Living, Female)
Notes for Kathleen ”Kay” Williams
Kathlean ""Kay"" Kay (Williams) Claybaker Visitation: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 1:00 PM until 1:00 PM 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM Ritchie Funeral Home 222 E. Washington St. Clarinda, IA 51632 Service: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 7:00 PM Ritchie Funeral Home 222 E. Washington St. Clarinda, IA 51632 Kathlean ""Kay"" Claybaker, age 75, of Clarinda, entered into peace Sunday, Feb. 16 at Clarinda Regional Health Center, Clarinda. Funeral services were held 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 19 at Ritchie Funeral Home, Clarinda. Visitation with the family was held 5-7 p.m., Wednesday at the funeral home prior to the service. A private burial was in the Summit Cemetery, rural Yorktown. Memorials may be given in her name. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family on our website at, www.ritchiefuneralhome.com under Obituaries. Arrangements were entrusted to the Ritchie Funeral Home of Clarinda. Kathlean Kay Williams was born the third child of Chester and Letha (Carmichael) Williams at her grandmother, Tina Williams's house in Hepburn on Oct. 18, 1938 and was entered into rest on Feb. 16. She loved growing up on the family farm just north of Hepburn and fondly remembered stripping bluegrass there and movie nights at the store in Hepburn. Sadly, the family moved to Clarinda when she was in Junior High and she went on to graduate from Clarinda High School in 1957. She move down to Kansas City after graduating and worked for the home office of Skelly Oil before moving to Omaha to live with her sister, Carol, and work downtown at KETV channel 7. Kay knew Leo Claybaker growing up and they began dating in 1964 and ultimately married August 1 of that year. To this union, two daughters were born, Dorene in 1965 and Danell in 1968. Kay traveled with Leo while he worked construction in the very early years of their marriage before they settled in Gravity. When her parents decided to sell their acreage just east of Clarinda and move to town, Kay and Leo packed up and moved over there where they lived until 1978 when they finally had the opportunity to buy the Claybaker family homestead and move west of town. Kay was fortunate enough to be able to stay home with her daughters when they were younger only occasionally helping out at the Williams Hillside Greenhouse owned by her parents during the busy season. Leo passed away in 1984 when Dorene was 19 and Danell only 15. Kay immediately got a job as a cook at Bethesda Nursing Home before starting a 16 year working history with what was originally Douglas and Lomason in Red Oak, being affectionately known as ""the old woman"" in the press department. She retired from there. Kay loved a challenge and never complained about what life gave her. She loved her children and grandchildren unconditionally and always tried to put family first instilling good values in them. The reflection of her and her love will always shine from their eyes. Kay was preceded in death by her husband, Leo; her parents, Letha and Chester Williams; two brothers, J.D. and Howard (Pete) Williams; sister, Carol Williamson; two nieces, Diane Williamson and Angie (Williamson) Schaffer. Left to cherish her memory are her sister, Joyce Martin of Clarinda; brother, Gale and wife Edith Williams of New Market; sister-in-law, Geneva Claybaker of Afton; daughters, Dorene Claybaker of the home and Danell and husband Steve Smith of Griswold; grandchildren, Sierra Claybaker and S.O. Scott Forney of Lincoln, Breanne and Robert Jackson of Bellevue, Neb. and Cody and Kelsi Smith of Albuquerque, New Mexico; great grandchildren, Erika and Emily Forney and August and Henley Jackson; numerous nieces, nephews and many friends. Kay was a foundation rock upon which her family stood. Hopefully, she and God will give us the strength to carry on without her.