KENNETH "JOE" CLARK
KENNETH "JOE" GERALD CLARK OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI, WAS BORN JULY 2, 1918, IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A SON OF THE LATE OTTO H. CLARK. JOE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT MINERAL AREA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ON FEBRUARY 1, 2000, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-ONE YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND THIRTY DAYS.
JOE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE MARY LUCILLE (DENNY) CLARK ON APRIL 1, 1947, IN DESOTO, MISSOURI, TO THIS UNION THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN.
JOE IS SURVIVED BY TWO SONS, CARL F. CLARK AND WIFE KATHY OF FESTUS, GERALD "JERRY" LYN CLARK AND WIFE JANICE OF CASEY, ILLINOIS, ONE DAUGHTER, RHONDA KAY THURMAN AND HUSBAND JIM OF GALENA, ILLINOIS, TEN GRANDCHILDREN, TEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ONE NEPHEW, LYN HERGET OF HIGH RIDGE AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
JOE WAS A MEMBER OF THE IRONDALE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND OF THE IRONDALE MASONIC LODGE #143 AF & AM. JOE ENJOYED COLLECTING ANTIQUES, DOING WOODWORKING PROJECTS AND OIL PAINTING. JOE LOVED TO TAKE TIME OUT OF HIS DAY AND VISIT WITH BOTH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. A MAN OF MANY WORDS, OPEN ARMS AND ALWAYS WEARING A CHEERFUL SMILE.
A KIND AND LOVING FATHER, GRANDFATHER, GREAT GRANDFATHER, UNCLE AND SPECIAL FRIEND WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
VISITATION WAS HELD WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2000, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN IRONDALE.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2000, AT 1:00 P.M. AT THE IRONDALE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WITH REVEREND BRUCE TORRENCE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN BIG RIVER CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL, IRONDALE.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, GARY HERGET, BRIAN HERGET, MICHAEL HERGET, ANTHONY THURMAN, JOHN BRITTIAN, KIT CLARK, RUSTY HERGET AND DERRICK CLARK.