Bobbie Carr Stark (1935-2010)
STARK, CARR, MAITLAND, BRYANT, MARTIN
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 7/31/2010 at 16:32:53
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, July 27, 2010.
Bobbie Stark, 75, of Ames, died Sunday, July 25, 2010. A memorial service will be at Stevens Memorial Chapel in Ames in the near future.
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, July 29, 2010.
Bobbie Carr Stark, 75, of Ames, passed away peacefully at home with her loved ones Sunday, July 25, 2010. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, at Stevens Memorial Chapel in Ames, followed by inurnment in Ames Municipal Cemetery.
Bobbie was born Jan. 21, 1935, in Ames, to Vern and Doris Carr. She was an outstanding basketball player at Napier High School and was valedictorian of her graduating class of 1953. Following graduation, she was a secretary at Iowa State University. She married Charles Stark Dec. 7, 1957, and had a daughter, Wesley Lyn. They moved to Concord, Calif., where they made their home until Wesley Lyn and Chuck’s deaths, one year apart. Bobbie moved back to Ames in 1979. She worked at North Grand Care Center as head cook for 30 years, retiring in January 2009. For 13 of those years, she was able to work with her nephew, Jon Carr.
She loved riding her own Harley-Davidson motorcycle, stamp and coin collecting, and caring for her dachshunds. She was a fan of college basketball and pro and college football. She enjoyed playing winner circle slots at Prairie Meadows.
She is survived by two brothers, Dick Carr and Jim (Carolyn) Carr, all of Ames; two sisters, Mary Ellen Maitland, of North Salem, N.Y., Phyllis (Mike) Bryant, of Salem, Ore.; many nieces and nephews; longtime friend, Rick Martin, of Ames; and her dachshund, Buddy.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one daughter; one brother, Jack Francis Carr; one nephew, Jamie Carr; and one sister-in-law, Betty Carr.
Memorial contributions may be directed to Homeward Hospice.
Condolences may be sent to www.stevensmemorialchapel.com .
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, August 25, 2010.
Bobbie Carr Stark, 75, of Ames, died Sunday, July 25, 2010. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, at Stevens Memorial Chapel in Ames, followed by inurnment in Ames Municipal Cemetery.
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