Clark, Ada M. 1909-2005

CLARK, HEWITT, PORTER

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer (email)
Date: 4/29/2007 at 18:15:48

LE MARS, Iowa -- Ada M. Clark, 95, of Le Mars passed way Wednesday, June 22, 2005, at Brentwood Good Samaritan Village in Le Mars.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Le Mars, with the Rev. Jon Meredith officiating. Graveside services will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Calhoun Cemetery, near Missouri Valley, Iowa. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and a prayer service at 7:30 p.m., at Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home in Le Mars. Visitation will resume one hour prior to the service Saturday at the church.

Ada Margaret Clark was born Aug. 30, 1909, on a farm near Geneva, Neb., to George E. and Inez H. (Porter) Hewitt. She attended country school near her home and in Woodbine, Iowa, before graduating from Mondamin (Iowa) High School in 1929.

On Nov. 1, 1930, she and Kermit J. Clark were united in marriage in Missouri Valley, Iowa. They farmed in the Modale and Mondamin, Iowa, area. Not only was she a homemaker, but she also assisted Kermit with all the aspects of their farming operation. Kermit passed away in 1966. She remained on the farm until 1970, when she moved to Le Mars. She became a resident of Brentwood Good Samaritan Village on March 10, 1997.

During the farming years, she was an active member of the Baptist Church in Mondamin. She taught Sunday School, vacation Bible School and served her church in many areas. In Le Mars, she was active in the First Baptist Church. She was a member of the Christian Women's Club, delivered Meals on Wheels to shut-ins and volunteered her talents with arts and crafts at the Plymouth County Home. She was very artistic and enjoyed painting, sketching, writing poetry, all types of needle work and cake decorating.

She will be lovingly remembered by her daughter, Edith Goodchild of Le Mars; two sons and their wives, Norman and Maralyn Clark of Temecula, Calif., and Roland and Judy Clark of Blair, Neb.; 11 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Kermit; an infant granddaughter, M. Jean Goodchild; two sisters, Geneva Todd and Frances Bek; and a son-in-law, Freddie J. Goodchild.

[Part of the Darrell Easton Obituary Collecton; source: Sioux City Journal]