Gary Ransom Clough, age 85, died on July 20, 2024 in South Kaiser Hospital in Sacramento, California. He was born April 14, 1939 in Glendale, California to Mildred Bunker and Cecil Ransom Clough. Gary’s parents moved to Las Vegas, Nevada where he graduated from high school and attended some college classes. As a teenager he worked as a busboy at a casino. He then worked for the City of Las Vegas as well as the banking industry where he met Patsy Reese. They were married August 14, 1983. They moved to Sacramento, CA to work for VIRCO, a school manufacturer company where he was their top sales person year after year. He was in sales for 43 years. Patsy passed away of cancer in June of 1998.
Gary met Carol Nipper in January of 2004 at a Starbucks in Sacramento. They were companions and had the best of times for 20 years until his death. Gary was a wonderful person, generous, kind, smart, lovable, honest and a genuine person with a beautiful soul. He had a happy disposition and always spoke kind words to others. He always looked for the good in others. Surely a man who strived to follow Christlike attributes of empathy, patience, charity and kindness. He will be missed by all.
Gary was preceded in death by his wife Patsy and son Michael. He is survived by his wife Carol, son Steve (Lisa) Clough, daughter-in-law Melissa and grandchildren, Ryan, Alexandra, and Kenzie.
There will be a small service on Friday, August 2, 2024 at 1:00 PM at Mosdell Mortuary followed by interment in the Kanab City Cemetery next to Patsy.
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