MELVERN, Kan. – Tonya (Irey) Clark, 49, lost her life in southern California as she was celebrating her birthday on Aug. 23, 2023. She was born Aug. 23, 1974, in Topeka, Kan., the daughter of Ron and Diana (Weiler) Irey.

Tonya grew up in Melvern, Kan., and graduated from Marias des Cygnes High School in 1992. She had lived in Arizona, and had just moved to California to start her dream job as a real estate agent.

Tonya was preceded in death by an infant brother, Jon Irey; and her paternal grandparents, John and Cora Irey, and maternal grandfather, Jon Weiler.

Tonya is survived by her parents, Ron and Diana, of Melvern; her three beautiful children, Taylor (Chance) Cordell, of Gardner, Kan., Taran Clark, Albany, Ore., and Landon Bloomfield, Melvern; granddaughter, Joise Cordell, Gardner; her partner, Brian Stoner, of California; maternal grandmother, Arlene Weiler, Topeka; two brothers, Ron Irey, Topeka, and Brian Irey, Melvern; half brother, David Mullinix, of Texas; three nephews, Trey, Zac and Brennan; and uncles, aunts, cousins and friends.

Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, at Melvern United Methodist Church, 620 N.W. Emporia St., Melvern. Inurnment will follow at the Waverly Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, at the church.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Tonya Clark Memorial Fund, sent in care of Feltner Funeral Home, 818 Topeka Ave., Lyndon, KS 66451. Condolences can be left at feltnerfuneralhome.com.