CLARK, Pearl Elkins

PEARL ELKINS CLARK

Source: Unknown newspaper - article found in scrapbook of obituaries collected by Fauniel Hershberger, - typed by: GA

Attica, Ind. - Mrs. Pearl Clark, 79, of Attica Route 3, died today (Oct 17, 1968) at the Logansport Hospital. She had been ill two and a half years. Born Dec. 28, 1888, in Brown County, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Elkins. She moved to Warren County in 1914 and was married to John W. Clark, who died. Mrs. Clark has resided in Warren County for 54 years. She was a member of the Christian Church and Indiana War Mothers Club. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Marie Haig of Oaklawn, Ill.; six sons, Alton of South Bend, Kenneth of Sanford, Fla., Marshall of Osteen, Fla., Lawrence of Lafayette, William of Indianapolis, and Lt. Col. John Clark Jr. of Frankfurt, Germany, and four sisters, Mrs. Ida Rose of Morris, Ill., Miss Ivy Elkins, Miss Ethel Elkins and Mrs. Mert Crider, all of Bloomington. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Crowmer & Siddens Funeral Home in Williamsport. The Rev. Norman Able will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery at Lafayette. The body is at the funeral home. Friends will be received after 4 p.m. Saturday.

Attica - Mrs. Pearl Clark, age 79, of Attica Rt. 3, died Thursday, Oct. 17, at the Logansport Hospital. She had been ill two and a half years. Mrs. Clark was born Dec. 28, 1888, in Brown County, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Elkins. She moved to Warren County in 1914 and was married to John W. Clark, who preceded her in death. She had resided in Warren County 54 years and was a member of the Christian Church and the Indiana War Mothers Club. Surviving are: one daughter, Mrs. Marie Haig, of Oaklawn, Ill.; six sons, Alton of South Bend; Kenneth of Sanford, Fla., Marshall of Osteen, Fla., Lawrence of Lafayette, William of Indianapolis, and Lt. Col. John Clark Jr. of Frankfurt, Germany; and four sisters, Mrs. Ida Rose of Morris, Ill., Miss Ivy Elkins, Miss Ethel Elkins and Mrs. Mert Crider, all of Bloomington. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Crowmer and Siddens Funeral Home in Williamsport. The Rev. Norman Abel officiated and burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery in Lafayette.