Barbara Gibreal

Barbara Jean Gibreal of Grand Island, died Thursday December 28, 2017 at Park Place after numerous health issues. Burial of cremains will be at Niobrara a later date.



Barbara was born on September 27, 1951 in Plainview, Nebraska to Bob and Shirley (Freeman) Clark. She grew up in Niobrara, Seward and Holdrege, attending school and graduating from Holdrege High School in 1969. Barbara then attended Kearney State College for two years, afterwards working as a college secretary at Kearney State, bank teller in Cairo, and then a legal secretary at Walters & Murray law firm in Grand Island.



She was united in marriage to Larry Gibreal in 1972 at Aurora, Nebraska. After which the couple lived on a farm near Cairo for 25 years. Barbara enjoyed ceramics, crafting and gardening.

Those left to cherish her memory include her mother: Shirley Clark of Grand Island; sons: Alan (Paige) Gibreal of Grand Island and Mathew (Staci) Gibreal of Raymore, MO; grandchildren: Nathaniel, Hunter and Hailey.



She was preceded in death by her father, Bob and brother Kenneth Clark.