Claude A. Clark

CLARK, THORNBURG, EGGLESTON, BROOKER

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 5/6/2006 at 19:45:24

Winterset Madisonian
1964

CLAUDE CLARK DIED SATURDAY

Funeral Held Tuesday For Life-Long Resident Of County

Claude A. Clark, a life-long resident and descendant of Madison county's first settlers, died Saturday, July 18, at a Nursing home here. He was 87 years of age.

Funeral services for Mr. Clark were held Tuesday afternoon, July 21, from the Collins Funeral home in Winterset.

A son of Joshua and Cynthia Thornburg Clark, he was born in this county on April 20, 1877. He was a grandson of Caleb and Ruth Clark, first white settlers of Madison county and for whom the Clark tower in the Winterset City Park was erected.

He was married to Mary Eggleston at Winterset on Oct. 12, 1904.

Mr. Clark spent his active years as a brick and stone mason, a trade in which several members of his family participated, helping to erect many of the fine old structures of this area.

He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Loraine Brooker of Winterset; two sons, Paul Clark of Marshalltown and LeRoy Clark of Van Meter; 11 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren; and one brother, Charles Clark of Omaha, Nebr. He was preceded in death by an infant son, one sister, and three brothers.

Officiating at the service Tuesday afternoon was the Rev. William E. Bowles, pastor of the First Christian church in Winterset. Burial was in the Winterset cemetery.