Clark Wiebe, Hillsboro
Clark Wiebe Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information (jostfuneralhome.com)
August 12, 1942 - August 19, 2021
Hillsboro - Clark Wiebe, 79, passed away August 19, 2021 at Bethesda Home in Goessel. He was born August 12, 1942 in Hillsboro to Herbert and Hildred (Schroeder) Wiebe. He married Anna Marie Toews August 19, 1962 in Hillsboro.
Survivors include: wife Anna Marie Wiebe of North Newton; son Layne (Karen) Wiebe of Lenexa, Kansas; daughter Janelle (Troy) Weeks of Middleton, Idaho; sister, Clariece Schroeder of Hillsboro; five grandchildren.
Predeceased by his brother-in-law Dean Schroeder in 1997.
Celebration of Life service 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at First Mennonite Church in Hillsboro officiated by Pastor Tom Harder.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to Good Shepherd Hospice or Cure PSP in care of Jost Funeral Home, P.O. Box 266, Hillsboro, KS 67063.
Online condolences at www.jostfuneralhome.com.
Life Sketch Taken from the Funeral Bulletin
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Life Sketch
Wonderful father and husband, Clark Eugene Wiebe, passed away at Bethesda Home in Goessel, Kansas on August 19, 2021. He was born on August 12, 1942 to Herb and Hildred (Schroeder) Wiebe in Hillsboro, Kansas. He had one older sister, Clariece, to welcome him.
He spent most of his childhood years on a farm east of Hillsboro. He loved the farm! 4-H was one of his favorite activities, joining when he was 10 years old. He won many awards including one for his poultry hatching flock and laying project.
He and his family attended the Hillsboro First Mennonite Church where he was baptized in 1957 by Rev. Elbert Koontz. After graduating from Hillsboro High School in 1960, he attended Bethel College for two years.
Having decided to enter 1-W Service, Denver, Colorado was where he decided to do his service as a pharmacy clerk at Denver General Hospital.
Before moving to Denver, he married Anna Marie Toews, his high school sweetheart on Aug 19, 1962. Together they began their marriage in Denver, living in a small trailer home. Denver was where their first child, Janelle, was born in 1964.
After his service experience, Clark wanted to finish his college education. He chose to attend Emporia State with a major in industrial arts, graduating in 1966 with a BS degree. After graduation, he taught industrial arts for two years at Scott City High School. It was gratifying for him to see his students build beautiful pieces of furniture.
In 1968, Layne David was born in Scott City. This was also the year Clark decided he wanted to move to the farm and try his hand at farming which was his first love.
Clark’s dad, at age 65, decided to retire from farming or at least give up the management and a majority of the work. Not wanting the farm sold or rented out to someone else, and not knowing what the future of farming held for them, Clark and Anna Marie returned to the Hillsboro community in the summer of 1968 to farm.
Clark also found a teaching position in Florence as a hedge. Having nothing to start with (as school teachers usually do), Clark’s father offered a partnership arrangement and the opportunity to farm his acres. Teaching by day and planting wheat and other field work late at night forced him to make a decision – farming or teaching. He chose farming.
Construction on a new home was begun in November of 1974. Nearly all of the oak cabinetry and trim was done by Clark. Woodworking, of course, was his second love which is evidenced by the many projects he has made for other people.
Clark used his leadership talents by holding office positions in Young Farmers Educational Association at local and state levels. In 1977, Clark and Anna Marie won the Kansas Young Farm Family Award for their commitment to farming innovation and community involvement. Other committees he served on were the Marion County Fair Association, Marion County Extension Council, Marion County Wheat Growers, and Hillsboro Planning Commission.
Holding church leadership positions were also important to him, serving as deacon, Sunday school teacher, youth sponsor, trustee, and business chairman.
Retirement from farming came in 2004 and that is when he started Wiebe Woodworking. Many, many projects kept him busy in his new career. Several of his projects were lovingly made for this church, including the communion tables.
But that too came to an end with his disease, initially thought to be Parkinson’s, but only recently diagnosed as PSP (progressive supranuclear palsy), a rare neurological disease. This forced him and Anna Marie to make the move to Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton where they had a duplex built in Campus Woods Estates. The disease soon disabled him so he could no longer walk even with a walker.
Bethesda Home was where he decided to go for the special care he needed. He was adapting to his new home, when on August 7 he suffered a fall. This resulted in a fractured hip. He never fully recovered from the surgery to repair this and also suffered a pulmonary embolism. After courageously fighting the progression of this disease for seven years, he knew he had reached the finish line God had drawn for him. Anna Marie and Layne were beside him when he took his last breath.
Farming and woodworking were a big part of Clark’s life, but his faith in Christ and love for his wife and family were always in first place….. (ice cream and cinnamon rolls were somewhere in between!) He will leave a giant hole in our hearts, but we find comfort that he is now with Christ, eager to see us all again in eternity.
He is survived by his wife Anna Marie, of 59 years, daughter Janelle (Troy) Weeks, of Middleton, Idaho; son Layne (Karen) Wiebe, of Lenexa, Kansas; granddaughters Jade, Raven and Allegra Weeks; Paige and Brooke Wiebe; sister Clariece Schroeder, Hillsboro; sisters-in-law Sharon (Leland) Kliensasser; Lora (Ken) Justice; and niece and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brother-in-law Dean Schroeder.
The Wheat Harvest of 2003
(a poem penned by Clark himself)
In 2003 the harvest of wheat
Was one to be bittersweet.
As I contemplated it to be my last
It brought memories of harvests past.
Some harvests with yields in the cellar
But this year some so high they were stellar.
It was fitting that this was the year to call it quits,
Before my machinery would break into bits.
I must remember that God provides all that is,
Whether first or last Praise Him for all we have is His.
Clark
Summer 2003
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