Pink, Clarence W. 1911-1975

PINK, VANDER SCHEL, KONO, READAPT, MILLER, DAVISON, KEC

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 5/10/2005 at 21:26:40

Newton (IA) Daily News February 10, 1975
Clarence Pink Dies Saturday; Rites Wednesday

Pink, Clarence W.

Colfax--Clarence William Pink, 63, a lifelong resident of Jasper County, died Saturday at the Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Walters-Coburn Funeral Home in Colfax.

Father Karl Holtkamp of Fairfield, former pastor of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Colfax, will conduct the services. Burial will be in the Sugar Grove Cemetery near Newton. Memorial contributions to the Colfax Interfaith Center will be accepted. Memorials may be left at the funeral home.

Survivors are his wife, Anna; a son, Ronald Joe of Colfax; a step-son, Gary Vander Schel of Des Moines; two daughters, Mrs. Darlene Kono of Colfax and Mrs. Robert F. (June) Readapt of San Antonio, Tex.; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Charles S. Pink of Woodside, N.Y., and Logan M. Pink of Colorado Springs, Colo. He was preceded in death by his parents, and an infant daughter.

Mr. Pink, a retired farmer, also had been employed at the Colfax Sale Barn and had operated oil business in Colfax. The son of Peter and Edith Miller Pink, he was born Feb. 23, 1911 at Newton. He was married to Ruth Davison in 1932. He married Anna Kec Sept 17, 1956 in Nashua.

Originally submitted on Sat Apr 13 16:47:01 2002