- Date Of Birth: October 15, 1928
- Date Of Death: November 19, 2006
- State: Indiana
Clista J. Neal, 78, of South Bend, IN, passed away at 3:15 a.m., Sunday, November 19, 2006 in her home. Clista was born on October 15, 1928 in Mishawaka, IN, to Lloyd and Ruth (Kirkdorfer) Gaskill. She retired as a secretary with St. Pauls Memorial United Methodist Church. She had also been an Avon Representative for ten years. On October 16, 1948, in the Augustana Lutheran Church, Elkhart, IN, as Clista J. Gaskill, she married Richard E. Neal, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Gail (James) Bajdek of South Bend, IN; two sons, Dean (Barb) Neal of Winamac, IN and Thomas (DeeAnn) Neal of Prescott, AZ; six grandchildren, Courtney (David) Gersey, Katherine Clark, Ian Clark, Benjamin Neal, Ellen (Shawn) Bishop, and Alice Neal; two step-grandchildren, Elizabeth (Larry) Melton and Adam Bajdek; nine great-grandchildren, Delilah Neal, Damien Neal, Evan Bishop, Hailey Neal, Trenton Gersey, Bailey Gersey, Taylor Carpenter, Donovan Carpenter, and Hayley Clark; and two brothers, Marvin (Irene Unsicker) Gaskill of Bremen, IN and Jack (Barbara) Gaskill of Elkhart, IN. Preceding her in death were four brothers, Darwin, Keith, Claude, and Carl Gaskill; and two great-grandchildren, Shawn Bagarus and Leilan Carpenter.
