Ada M. Clark, 95

Ada M. Clark, 95, of Le Mars, Iowa, died Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at the Brentwood Good Samaritan Village in Le Mars. Funeral services were Saturday, June 25, at the First Baptist Church in Le Mars. Interment was at the Calhoun Cemetery near Missouri Valley, Iowa.

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

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

During the farming years, Mrs. Clark 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 and sketching, writing poetry, all types of needlework, and cake decorating.

She is survived by her daughter, Edith Goodchild of Le Mars; two sons and daughters-in-law, Norman and Maralyn Clark of Temecula, Calif., and Roland and Judy Clark of Blair; 11 grandchildren; and numerous great and great-great grandchildren.

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

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~