1st of 3 children of JOSEPH ANTHONY BODAN & AUDREY ELLA CHATFIELD
Occupation: Lew & Barbara were part owners of Clark's Ready-Mix Construction
Married (1): Oct 31, 1948, JOHN ISAAC "JACK" NEAL, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Three children
Married (2): Jun 27, 1964, LEWELL HAROLD "LEW" CLARK, Las Vegas, Nevada
One child
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Mar 16, 2020, Jackson Hole News & Guide:
Horsewoman Clark, 92, loved outdoor adventure
Long-time Jackson Hole resident Barbara Lee Clark died Feb. 1 in Rigby, Idaho. She was 92. Her family provided the following:
Our mother was born Barbara Lee Bodan on Nov. 8, 1927, in Manderson, the oldest child of Audrey E. Chatfield and Joseph A. Bodan, with two beloved siblings, Emerson Bodan and Nancy Gattis.
Her father was born in 1897 in Kaycee, a first-generation American. In 1900 her mother, Audrey, was born up Spring Creek outside Tensleep, at home, delivered on an ironing board. Audrey's family, the Chatfields, immigrated to America in 1639 to the Connecticut colony. Audrey's grandfather, Isaac W. Chatfield, fought in the Union Army.
Barbara's father was a horseman, carpenter, cook, rancher, dude wrangler and artist. Barbara's mother cleaned, sewed and was an artist in the kitchen. The family moved 19 times while Barbara was growing up. They ran the Elk Horn Ranch near Bozeman, Montana; the Paint Rock ranch near Hyattville; and the Pitchfork Ranch in Meeteetse. They moved between Montana, Wyoming and California. She remembered picking peaches in California, ending up itchy and covered in peach fuzz; working in the Wyoming sugar beet fields until exhausted, and riding for hours looking for cattle and sheep. Mom particularly loved Hyattville, Bozeman and the Pitchfork Ranch.
Her innate love and deep connection with horses blossomed on the Pitchfork. She and friends would race across sagebrush at a dead run, side by side, swapping reins of each other's horse. On her horse, Sage King, she would ride to school and to Meeteetse on errands and rescue orphan lambs by slinging them over her saddle to return them to the barn to foster.
Barbara graduated from high school in 1945 in Florence, Montana, then attended Ursuline Academy in Great Falls to study nursing.
In 1948 Mom met and married Jackson native Jack Neal. Though they divorced in 1963, together they had two boys and a girl .... She gained Jack's entire family, with whom she remained close. In June 1964 Mom married her true love, Lew Clark. He adopted and loved her three children like his own. In 1966 daughter ... was born and by fall they moved into their new home.
Mom was an expert horseman, competing and winning competitive endurance rides of up to 40 miles; barrel racing; and other riding events. During our childhood she would say, "Let's go, it's time to ride." She could transform from expert horseman dressed in Levis and favorite boots to the most beautiful, perfectly dressed woman in the room. Those closest to her described her as always classy, beautiful and elegant. Love of horses defined her life. A natural athlete raised on ranches, both working cattle ranches and dude ranches, always around horse people and always on a horse. She even competed as a jockey; with her svelte build she was just the right size.
Having Barbara as a mother was an honor and a blessing to us all. The valley is a better place for her life here. She will be missed by all who knew and loved her. Her funeral was held at the LDS church in Jackson in February.
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Occupation: Lew & Barbara were part owners of Clark's Ready-Mix Construction
Married (1): Oct 31, 1948, JOHN ISAAC "JACK" NEAL, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Three children
Married (2): Jun 27, 1964, LEWELL HAROLD "LEW" CLARK, Las Vegas, Nevada
One child
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Mar 16, 2020, Jackson Hole News & Guide:
Horsewoman Clark, 92, loved outdoor adventure
Long-time Jackson Hole resident Barbara Lee Clark died Feb. 1 in Rigby, Idaho. She was 92. Her family provided the following:
Our mother was born Barbara Lee Bodan on Nov. 8, 1927, in Manderson, the oldest child of Audrey E. Chatfield and Joseph A. Bodan, with two beloved siblings, Emerson Bodan and Nancy Gattis.
Her father was born in 1897 in Kaycee, a first-generation American. In 1900 her mother, Audrey, was born up Spring Creek outside Tensleep, at home, delivered on an ironing board. Audrey's family, the Chatfields, immigrated to America in 1639 to the Connecticut colony. Audrey's grandfather, Isaac W. Chatfield, fought in the Union Army.
Barbara's father was a horseman, carpenter, cook, rancher, dude wrangler and artist. Barbara's mother cleaned, sewed and was an artist in the kitchen. The family moved 19 times while Barbara was growing up. They ran the Elk Horn Ranch near Bozeman, Montana; the Paint Rock ranch near Hyattville; and the Pitchfork Ranch in Meeteetse. They moved between Montana, Wyoming and California. She remembered picking peaches in California, ending up itchy and covered in peach fuzz; working in the Wyoming sugar beet fields until exhausted, and riding for hours looking for cattle and sheep. Mom particularly loved Hyattville, Bozeman and the Pitchfork Ranch.
Her innate love and deep connection with horses blossomed on the Pitchfork. She and friends would race across sagebrush at a dead run, side by side, swapping reins of each other's horse. On her horse, Sage King, she would ride to school and to Meeteetse on errands and rescue orphan lambs by slinging them over her saddle to return them to the barn to foster.
Barbara graduated from high school in 1945 in Florence, Montana, then attended Ursuline Academy in Great Falls to study nursing.
In 1948 Mom met and married Jackson native Jack Neal. Though they divorced in 1963, together they had two boys and a girl .... She gained Jack's entire family, with whom she remained close. In June 1964 Mom married her true love, Lew Clark. He adopted and loved her three children like his own. In 1966 daughter ... was born and by fall they moved into their new home.
Mom was an expert horseman, competing and winning competitive endurance rides of up to 40 miles; barrel racing; and other riding events. During our childhood she would say, "Let's go, it's time to ride." She could transform from expert horseman dressed in Levis and favorite boots to the most beautiful, perfectly dressed woman in the room. Those closest to her described her as always classy, beautiful and elegant. Love of horses defined her life. A natural athlete raised on ranches, both working cattle ranches and dude ranches, always around horse people and always on a horse. She even competed as a jockey; with her svelte build she was just the right size.
Having Barbara as a mother was an honor and a blessing to us all. The valley is a better place for her life here. She will be missed by all who knew and loved her. Her funeral was held at the LDS church in Jackson in February.
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1st of 3 children of JOSEPH ANTHONY BODAN & AUDREY ELLA CHATFIELD
Occupation: Lew & Barbara were part owners of Clark's Ready-Mix Construction
Married (1): Oct 31, 1948, JOHN ISAAC "JACK" NEAL, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Three children
Married (2): Jun 27, 1964, LEWELL HAROLD "LEW" CLARK, Las Vegas, Nevada
One child
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Mar 16, 2020, Jackson Hole News & Guide:
Horsewoman Clark, 92, loved outdoor adventure
Long-time Jackson Hole resident Barbara Lee Clark died Feb. 1 in Rigby, Idaho. She was 92. Her family provided the following:
Our mother was born Barbara Lee Bodan on Nov. 8, 1927, in Manderson, the oldest child of Audrey E. Chatfield and Joseph A. Bodan, with two beloved siblings, Emerson Bodan and Nancy Gattis.
Her father was born in 1897 in Kaycee, a first-generation American. In 1900 her mother, Audrey, was born up Spring Creek outside Tensleep, at home, delivered on an ironing board. Audrey's family, the Chatfields, immigrated to America in 1639 to the Connecticut colony. Audrey's grandfather, Isaac W. Chatfield, fought in the Union Army.
Barbara's father was a horseman, carpenter, cook, rancher, dude wrangler and artist. Barbara's mother cleaned, sewed and was an artist in the kitchen. The family moved 19 times while Barbara was growing up. They ran the Elk Horn Ranch near Bozeman, Montana; the Paint Rock ranch near Hyattville; and the Pitchfork Ranch in Meeteetse. They moved between Montana, Wyoming and California. She remembered picking peaches in California, ending up itchy and covered in peach fuzz; working in the Wyoming sugar beet fields until exhausted, and riding for hours looking for cattle and sheep. Mom particularly loved Hyattville, Bozeman and the Pitchfork Ranch.
Her innate love and deep connection with horses blossomed on the Pitchfork. She and friends would race across sagebrush at a dead run, side by side, swapping reins of each other's horse. On her horse, Sage King, she would ride to school and to Meeteetse on errands and rescue orphan lambs by slinging them over her saddle to return them to the barn to foster.
Barbara graduated from high school in 1945 in Florence, Montana, then attended Ursuline Academy in Great Falls to study nursing.
In 1948 Mom met and married Jackson native Jack Neal. Though they divorced in 1963, together they had two boys and a girl .... She gained Jack's entire family, with whom she remained close. In June 1964 Mom married her true love, Lew Clark. He adopted and loved her three children like his own. In 1966 daughter ... was born and by fall they moved into their new home.
Mom was an expert horseman, competing and winning competitive endurance rides of up to 40 miles; barrel racing; and other riding events. During our childhood she would say, "Let's go, it's time to ride." She could transform from expert horseman dressed in Levis and favorite boots to the most beautiful, perfectly dressed woman in the room. Those closest to her described her as always classy, beautiful and elegant. Love of horses defined her life. A natural athlete raised on ranches, both working cattle ranches and dude ranches, always around horse people and always on a horse. She even competed as a jockey; with her svelte build she was just the right size.
Having Barbara as a mother was an honor and a blessing to us all. The valley is a better place for her life here. She will be missed by all who knew and loved her. Her funeral was held at the LDS church in Jackson in February.
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Occupation: Lew & Barbara were part owners of Clark's Ready-Mix Construction
Married (1): Oct 31, 1948, JOHN ISAAC "JACK" NEAL, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Three children
Married (2): Jun 27, 1964, LEWELL HAROLD "LEW" CLARK, Las Vegas, Nevada
One child
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Mar 16, 2020, Jackson Hole News & Guide:
Horsewoman Clark, 92, loved outdoor adventure
Long-time Jackson Hole resident Barbara Lee Clark died Feb. 1 in Rigby, Idaho. She was 92. Her family provided the following:
Our mother was born Barbara Lee Bodan on Nov. 8, 1927, in Manderson, the oldest child of Audrey E. Chatfield and Joseph A. Bodan, with two beloved siblings, Emerson Bodan and Nancy Gattis.
Her father was born in 1897 in Kaycee, a first-generation American. In 1900 her mother, Audrey, was born up Spring Creek outside Tensleep, at home, delivered on an ironing board. Audrey's family, the Chatfields, immigrated to America in 1639 to the Connecticut colony. Audrey's grandfather, Isaac W. Chatfield, fought in the Union Army.
Barbara's father was a horseman, carpenter, cook, rancher, dude wrangler and artist. Barbara's mother cleaned, sewed and was an artist in the kitchen. The family moved 19 times while Barbara was growing up. They ran the Elk Horn Ranch near Bozeman, Montana; the Paint Rock ranch near Hyattville; and the Pitchfork Ranch in Meeteetse. They moved between Montana, Wyoming and California. She remembered picking peaches in California, ending up itchy and covered in peach fuzz; working in the Wyoming sugar beet fields until exhausted, and riding for hours looking for cattle and sheep. Mom particularly loved Hyattville, Bozeman and the Pitchfork Ranch.
Her innate love and deep connection with horses blossomed on the Pitchfork. She and friends would race across sagebrush at a dead run, side by side, swapping reins of each other's horse. On her horse, Sage King, she would ride to school and to Meeteetse on errands and rescue orphan lambs by slinging them over her saddle to return them to the barn to foster.
Barbara graduated from high school in 1945 in Florence, Montana, then attended Ursuline Academy in Great Falls to study nursing.
In 1948 Mom met and married Jackson native Jack Neal. Though they divorced in 1963, together they had two boys and a girl .... She gained Jack's entire family, with whom she remained close. In June 1964 Mom married her true love, Lew Clark. He adopted and loved her three children like his own. In 1966 daughter ... was born and by fall they moved into their new home.
Mom was an expert horseman, competing and winning competitive endurance rides of up to 40 miles; barrel racing; and other riding events. During our childhood she would say, "Let's go, it's time to ride." She could transform from expert horseman dressed in Levis and favorite boots to the most beautiful, perfectly dressed woman in the room. Those closest to her described her as always classy, beautiful and elegant. Love of horses defined her life. A natural athlete raised on ranches, both working cattle ranches and dude ranches, always around horse people and always on a horse. She even competed as a jockey; with her svelte build she was just the right size.
Having Barbara as a mother was an honor and a blessing to us all. The valley is a better place for her life here. She will be missed by all who knew and loved her. Her funeral was held at the LDS church in Jackson in February.
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