Betty J. Clark (1928-2003)

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Posted By: Oregon
Date: 3/16/2003 at 10:23:10

The Daily Nonpareil
12 March 2003

Betty Jean Clark

The funeral for Betty Jean Clark, 74, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, will be Friday at 1 p.m. at McCurdy Funeral Home with the Rev. Tom Campbell officiating.

Mrs. Clark died March 3 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

She was born Nov. 22, 1928, in Council Bluffs to Carl William Smith and Eva Leona Dawson Kemp Smith. She grew up and attended schools in Council Bluffs, including Thomas Jefferson High School. She married Donald J. Clark in Nebraska City, Neb., on June 22, 1965. She was a homemaker, a loving wife and mother and grandmother. She was a member of Gethsemane Baptist Church, and former member of the First Church of the Nazarene, both in Idaho Falls. She enjoyed reading, listening to Bill Gaither Christian music, and she loved children, working on the computer and attending church and she loved the people there.

She was preceded in death by a brother, James Leroy Smith, and a sister, Margaret Mae Moore.

Survivors include her husband, Donald J. Clark; son, Dale Morehouse, Tempe, Ariz.; daughter, Carole Montgomery, Mesquite, Texas; brother, Carl William Smith, Omaha; sisters, Rose White, Council Bluffs, and Viola Foster, Bridgman, Mich; five grandchildren.

Visitation with the family will be Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Ridgewood Cemetery.

Memorials may be offered to Gethsemane Baptist Church, 2345 W. Broadway, Idaho Falls, ID 83402

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