Delbert Lloyd Clark (1930)

CHAPMAN, CLARK, ELDERKIN, JACKSON, JOHNSON

Posted By: Linda Brittain
Date: 4/11/2007 at 15:53:15

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, April 17, 1930
Page 8

Delbert L. Clark

Delbert Lloyd Clark, son of Joel and Sylvia Clark, was born in Winterset, June 23, 1883, and died April 8, 1930, at the age of 46 years, 10 months and 3 days.

He was united in marriage to Ruth Chapman on March 1, 1904. To this union four children were born, Aditha, who died in infancy, Grace, Gladys and Beulah. The mother of these children preceded him into the hereafter.

On December 28, 1920, he was united in marriage to Jessie Jackson. To this union three children were born, Carl, Merl, who died at the age of seven months, and Harold.

Those who mourn his early departure are his wife, Mrs. Jessie Jackson Clark, five children, Grace, Gladys, Beulah, Carl and Harold; two sisters, Mrs. Glenn Elderkin and Mrs. Will Johnson.

Delbert’s home had been in this community through these 46 years. At the age of fifteen he united with the Church of Christ, and had been a liberal supporter, a loved and honored member. His Christian council will be missed in many a group.

He was a lover of nature. He found much to cheer and encourage him in God’s great out-of-doors. The strength of the hills, the stability of the rocks, the purity of the spring wove themselves into his character. He was a manly man. He was a just and honest employer, a true friend, a loyal citizen, an affectionate father and a loving husband.

Funeral services were conducted Thursday, April 10, at 2:30 o’clock, at the Church of Christ, by the Rev. H. L. Olmstead, assisted by Rev. R. F. Bresee, of Ottumwa. Burial was in the Winterset cemetery.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, April 10, 1930
Page 1, Column 3

LAST RITES TODAY FOR DELBERT CLARK

Prominent Business Man Dies After Illness Of Many Months

Delbert Clark, senior partner of Clark & Johnson, of the Winterset owners of the Winterset Monument Manufacturing Co., died Tuesday night about nine o’clock at the Nevada sanitarium. Funeral services are being held today at 2:30 at the Church of Christ with the Rev. H. L. Olmstead preaching the sermon. Burial will be in the Winterset Cemetery.

Mr. Clark was 46 years old and was born June 23, 1883. He had been in ill health since the first of the year, following an attack of influenza. He spent several weeks in a Des Moines hospital and later went to the Nevada sanitarium where an operation was performed Saturday night in an effort to save his life; death was due to a brain tumor.

He was the son of Joel Clark, and a grandson of Caleb Clark, one of the county’s first settlers. He was married in 1904 to Ruth Chapman, deceased. In 1920 he was again married to Jessie Jackson, who survives him as do his daughters, Grace, Gladys and Beulah and his sons, Carl and Harold. A third son, Merl, died at the age of two and a daughter, Aditha, in infancy. Mrs. Glenn Elderkin and Mrs. W. C. Johnson are sisters. His stepmother, Mrs. Joel Clark also survives.

Mr. Clark has been in the monument business about 17 years. He was associated the business with his father until 1921 when Mr. Johnson bought the elder Mr. Clark’s interest

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