Olga Isabella Rose Clark's Obituary
On July 16th, Olga Isabella Rose Clark passed away unexpectedly in Muskegon Heights at the age of 21. Born in Stavropol, Russia, she was adopted with her brother, Ezekiel, at the age of 5 and brought to America where she lived most of her life in the Roosevelt Park/Norton Shores area. As a grade school student, she sang in the kids’ church choir, played goalie in soccer, did gymnastics, rowed, and learned to swim. Olga was drawn to the water, the railroad tracks, and she was an artist and a natural horseman. In middle school, she played the violin and ran cross country: both things she enjoyed. Olga said that she regretted not finishing high school; she dropped out after the 10th grade.
Olga enjoyed reading and when she was troubled, she would spend time writing poems to release her mind. Of all things she was a story teller. Olga knew how to tell a story to captivate her audience and she wanted to write to help those who were going through the same troubled waters she had experienced. Even when she was in darkness, she was kind to those she considered friends or family. Olga’s friends often said that she was one of a kind. Isabella was brilliant, beautiful, soft-hearted and really, really funny. She suffered from Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), a disease with no cure that was imposed upon her by the adults that failed her early in her life. RAD caused Isabella to seek out punishment when she felt love, and in the past ten years, she suffered greatly as a result. We loved her fiercely and fully, but we were simply unable to keep her safe. We grieve for the loss of Isabella physically, and we grieve for the life we longed for with her: the one we believed she could have. She desperately wanted – and fought her best - for a better life and a better future. We will always miss her bright smile and the sound of her laughter. Isabella is preceded in death by her grandparents, Floyd and Betty Jean Clark; beloved aunt, Cherie Demetrious; and her loyal Ridgeback, Sabu. She is survived by her loving mother, Melissa; her devoted brother, Ezekiel; and her aunts, uncles, and cousins. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Isabella at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Muskegon Heights on Monday, July 26th at 11:00am, and visitation will be one hour prior in the church. Burial will be held in private. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that mourners take time to hug each other, to forgive, and to increase their awareness about the unseen among us: to read/learn about human trafficking and the work done by one of the several active organizations in our community. Donations in Isabella’s memory can be made to one of these:
www.traffickinghope.org/
https://warinternational.org/
https://www.thehouseofpromise.com/
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