Clara Joyce Marie Arnold Shimmel was born Feb. 8, 1940. She died Feb. 14, 2018 at the age of 78 years at the Dubois Nursing Home.
She was the daughter of Thomas Arnold and Dorothy Taylor Arnold. She was a waitress and a homemaker.
She had two brothers, Robert “Buzz” Arnold Sr. and John “Jack” Arnold.
She was formerly married to Leonard G. Shimmel. She was the mother of Wilbert and Chuckie Quade and Debra, Thomas, Mary, Lillian, Bernadine, Leonard, Mathew, Henry, Ruby and Joyce Shimmel.
She also had several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Buzz and three children.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 24 at the Soldier Community Church, 864 Reynoldsville-Sykesville Rd., Reynoldsville, PA. Burial will be at later date.
