Lawrence Elwood Clark

CLARK

Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 8/31/2014 at 13:34:01

AGED BUFFALO RESIDENT DIES AT DES MOINES

Lawrence Clark, 73, Succumbs at Home of Son After Long Illness.

Lawrence Elwood Clark, aged Buffalo resident, passed away at 8:10 p.m. Monday at the home of his son, Reuben C. Clark, Des Moines, Ia. Mr. Clark had been in ill health for several months and had been making his home with his son.

The deceased was born at Buffalo, Ia., on Oct. 19, 1854. He was resident there practically his entire life and had been engaged in farming. He was united in marriage to Miss Emma Sidney Moore in 1880. Mrs. Clark preceded him in death on Dec. 16, 1920.

Surviving are one son, Reuben E. Clark, Des Moines; one brother, L.M. Clark, Fairbanks, Alaska; one sister, Mrs. Mary E. Thompson, St. Louis, Mo.; and a grandchild, Mary Harp of Buffalo.

The body arrived in Davenport Tuesday afternoon and was taken to the Hill & Fredericks mortuary. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Community church at Buffalo with the Rev. Dr. Frank Court officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery.

Source: Davenport Democrat and Leader; Davenport, Ia.,04 Apr 1928.