CLARK, Merle Melvin 1933 - 2023

CLARK, ALDRIDGE, STAUFFER, DUNKIN, COX, KYLE, MUNSON, HESSENFLOW, ADAMS, GOETTSCHE, BEKEL, JONES, ESSARY

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 3/12/2023 at 14:27:13

"Southeast Iowa Union / Fairfield Ledger"
Friday, February 24, 2023
Page 6, Column 1

MERLE MELVIN CLARK
Fairfield

Merle Melvin CLARK, 89, of rural Fairfield, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at the Mahaska Partnership Hospice House in Oskaloosa (note: in Mahaska Co., IA).

Merle was born on April 16, 1933, at the Washington County Hospital in Washington, Iowa, the son of Jerry and Manie (ALDRIDGE) CLARK. He attended Brighton school and had to quit 6 months before his graduation in order to help his father on the family farm. Merle served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War (sic - Korean Conflict). Merle was united in marriage to Dorothy L. STAUFFER in Brighton and from this union three children was born, Debra, Jerry and Julie. After their divorce he was united in marriage to Mary Vivian DUNKIN, on January 1, 1981, in Mountain Home, Arkansas. After 39 years of marriage she preceded him in death on August 23, 2020.

Merle farmed in the Pleasant Plain area for a number of years. He loved his dog Shep, and enjoyed taking rides on his ranger.

He is survived by his children, Debra COX, Jerry CLARK and Julie KYLE; his stepchildren, Janice MUNSON, Ed HESSENFLOW, Joyce CLARK, David HESSENFLOW and Julie Ann ADAMS; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mabel GOETTSCHE and Betty CLARK; along with dear friends, Dave and Cherie Horras.

Merle was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Mary; one stepson, Everett HESSENFLOW; and three sisters, Mildred BEKEL, Eunice (Geraldine) JONES and Wilma ESSARY.

Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 2, 2023, at the Howard Grove Cemetery west of Pleasant Plain, with Pastor Danny Cary officiating. Friends may call from 2 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant. A memorial has been established in his memory.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.murphyfuneralandmonuments.com. Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant, is caring for his arrangements.

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Note: Second wife Mary was first married to Dempsey Ray HESSENFLOW, who passed away in 1976 and was buried in Salem East Cemetery, Grundy Co., MO.

Mary V. DUNKIN HESSENFLOW CLARK's obituary - click here
 

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