Clark, Leora (Zihlman) (1914-2006)

CLARK, ZIHLMAN, DOLD, HILL, BENGE, LEE, MARTIN, WIXOM, JACOBS, SWAILES, WEHRLE, VANDERSNICK

Posted By: Jane Adams (email)
Date: 12/4/2006 at 09:20:23

Fairfield Ledger
Monday, Aug. 21, 2006, pg. 10.

Leora CLARK, 92, of Mount Pleasant, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 2006, at Henry County Health Center.

A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel, with the Rev. Jerry Kelly officiating. Burial will be in Grant Cemetery, west of Rome, Iowa.

Visitation began at 2 p.m. today at the chapel, where family will be present from 6-8 p.m.

A memorial has been established to Henry County Cancer Fund in her memory.

Mrs. CLARK was born May 27, 1914, in Fairfield, the daughter of Lucas and Mida Essley ZIHLMAN. She married Orville DOLD, Jay HILL and Branson CLARK, all of whom preceded her in death.

Mrs. CLARK grew up on a family farm north of Lockridge, which is now Camp Golden Valley. She was a graduate of Lockridge High School. She was a waitress and had been employed by Van’s Lunch Box and Green’s Café.

Mrs. CLARK was a member of Moose Lodge No. 1003 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. She attended Congregational-Universalist Church in Mount Pleasant.

She enjoyed baking, embroidering, playing the piano, growing flowers and traveling by train.

Survivors include three daughters, Dolores BENGE and husband Wade of Mount Pleasant, Virginia LEE and husband Mike of Mount Pleasant and Judy HILL and husband Tom MARTIN of New London; eight grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; one sister, Helen WIXOM of Keokuk; and one brother, Rollie ZIHLMAN of Fairfield.

In addition to her to her husbands, she was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Glen ZIHLMAN and Lloyd ZIHLMAN; and five sisters, Alma JACOBS, Gladys SWAILES, Vera WEHRLE, Edna VANDERSNICK and Hannah ZIHLMAN.
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