Robert Clark, 67, of Arenzville dies
Robert D. Clark, 67, of R.R. 1, Arenzville, died at 5 a.m.
Monday, March 20, at his residence.
He was born April 26, 1921, in rural Virginia, son of Horace and Mary
Hamilton Clark. He married Roberta Wheelan on Dec. 29, 1944, in Quonset
Point, R.I., and she survives.
Also surviving is his mother, Mrs. Mary Clark of Arenzville; four
sons, John of Houston, Texas, Drew of Boulder, Colo., Tony (Dave) Clark
of Jacksonville, Fla., and Jeffrey of Bloomington, Ind.; four daughters,
Mrs. Roger (Sara) Burrus of Urbana, Mrs. John (Annis) Householder of
Romney, W.V., Martha (Marti) of Springfield and Mrs. Steve (Molly)
Daniel of Oxford, Miss.; 14 grandchildren; a brother, John M. of rural
Arenzville; and two sisters, Mrs. Nelson (Ruby) Willingham of Paris,
Mo., and Mrs. Vince (Mary Lou) Penza of Jacksonville.
He was preceded in death by his father and a brother, Ralph.
Mr. Clark was engaged in farming west of Arenzville for many
years and, until his retirement in 1984, served as the executive vice
president of First National Bank of Arenzville. He was a member of the
St. Fidelis Catholic Church of Arenzville, a charter member of the
Arenzville American Legion Post and past president of the
Cass-Scott-Morgan-Greene County Bankers Federation.
He served in the United States Navel Reserves, including active
duty during World War II aboard the USS Ticonderoga. He attended the
University of Illinois and graduated from Illinois College in 1942. He
is also a graduate of the Illinois Bankers School of Banking at Southern
Illinois University and the Madison School of Banking at the University
of Wisconsin.
Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Thursday at Gillham-Buchanan
Funeral Home, with burial at Arenzville North Cemetery. Visitation will
be after 3 p.m. Wednesday, with family to meet friends 7-9 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the Cass County Cancer Society or Illinois College.
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