ALBERTA MARRIAGE REGISTER

Anna M. Inkster & Robert B Clark

Marriage Date: 1935 @ Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

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BARONS FARMER TO BE BURIED HERE

ROBERT BRUCE CLARK

- died in the Carmangay hospital Feb 21 at age 70 years

- ill for 2 weeks

- deceased was born near Rockford, Illinois on Dec 12 1873

- came to Canada in 1910

- farmed in the Barons district for 20 years after homesteading in the Burdett district for many years

- survived by his wife, Anna Clark and his children:

Ralph Clark of Carmangay

Robert Clark of Carmangay

Mrs L.P Adams of California

- also survived by his siblings:

John Clark of Burdett, AB

Margaret Douglas Sheldon of NB

Mrs N Lyons of Stirling, AB

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ALBERTA DEATH REGISTER

Anna Maria Clark

Death Date: 3 Oct 1954 @ Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Registration Number: 006-523

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Lethbridge Herald

Wednesday, October 6, 1954, Lethbridge, Alberta

DEATH REMOVES MRS ANNA CLARK

Barons - An early resident of the Barons district, Mrs Anna Clark, died suddenly in a Lethbridge hospital on Oct 2 (sic) after a short illness. Mrs Clark was 72 years of age and had resided in this district for over fifty years.

Anna Inkster Clark was born in Towner, North Dakota. At the age of 17 she married Mr McCord and they came to Canada and homesteaded on Black Spring Ridge in 1903/ At the time there was no post office in Barons and they got their mail at Elinor, about 10 miles west. Mr McCord died in 1933 and was buried at Clareshom.

In 1935 she married R Bruce Clark and they lived at their farm home until Mr Clark died in 1944. After staying on the farm for a time Mrs Clark moved to Barons where she lived until the time of her death.

Survivors include two sisters, Mrs Marie Townsend of Cassopolis, Mich and Mrs Isobel Pfeifster of Los Angeles; two stepsons, Robert Clark of Carmangay and Ralph Clark of Creston; two nephews, Gerald Townsend of Cassopolis and Dr Donald Larson of Long Beach and seven nieces, Mrs Ruby Whidden, Palm Springs, California, Mrs Edna Becker, Skokie, Ill; Mrs Sybil Miller, Long Island, NY; Mrs Joyce Hartung, Chicago; Mrs Marcia Ames, St Petersburg, Florida; Mrs Trelese Schuessler, Dowagia, Mich and Mrs Annabel Miers of Los Angeles.

Mrs Clark was predeceased by a step-daughter, a sister and two brothers.

Funeral services were held from Claresholm United Church on Oct 6 at 2:30 pm with Rev Russell Beairsto of Barons officiating. Interment will be in the Claresholm cemetery. Ringrose Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.