Adina Irene Clark Keithler

Adina Irene Clark, fourth child of John Thomas Clark and Johanna Magdelena "Lena" Steinhilber, was born 13 February 1901 in Thedford, Thomas, Nebraska.

Tragedy struck the family many times. Brother John became ill and died at age 8 in 1906; Bryan drowned in the Yellowstone River at age 16 in 1912; mother Lena died in the Spanish influenza epidemic on 27 October 1918. Father John would live only five more years, orphaning the remaining children when he died in August 1923.

On 5 September 1919, Adina married Howard Mitchell Keithler in Hysham, Treasure, Montana.

Howard and Adina settled in Hysham and had two children: John Lawrence and (living). After living there a few years, they moved to Crow Agency, Big Horn, Montana, where their youngest son was born. They named him Howard Ernest, after his father and his mother's brother, but he was always called "Haudy," which had also been Howard's childhood nickname.

During the 1930s, the family moved to Sheridan, Wyoming, where they lived for a time and their two oldest children were married. After the United States entered World War II, they moved to Washington State to work in the shipyards. Howard and Adina bought a place in Ridgefield, Clark, Washington, later relocating to Vancouver.

Son Haudy became ill with pneumonia and died on 17 March 1943 in Vancouver at age 14. He was buried in Park Hill Cemetery. Son John suffered an aneurysm at age 29 and died on 4 May 1950 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; he was also buried in Park Hill Cemetery in Vancouver. He left his wife and young daughter Sharon, who was killed in a car accident in 1962.

Howard died 15 November 1968 in Vancouver. A U.S. Navy veteran, he was buried in Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.

Adina lived the remaining years of her life in Ridgefield and in Brookings, Curry, Oregon, close to her child and grandchildren, eventually welcoming nine of her thirteen great-grandchildren into the family before she passed away. She died 16 April 1982 at her home in Brookings and was buried with Howard in Willamette National Cemetery.