Elizabeth (Beth) Hanks Clark, age 93, passed away peacefully at her home in Burley, Idaho, on October 25, 2013, just three weeks shy of her 94th birthday.
She was born November 15, 1919 in Burley Idaho, to Augustin (Gus) and Olive Abrams Hanks. She grew up in humble circumstances on the family farm west of Burley with one older sister, four younger brothers and two younger sisters. Though humble their circumstances, their home was full of love, music, literature, poetry, hard-work, and church service. She would later carry these rich attributes into her own home.
After Beth graduated from Burley High School, she attended Brigham Young University where she earned her elementary teaching degree. She taught school for two years in South Sanpete County, Utah, and one year in Declo, Idaho. Teaching young children in and out of the home was one of her greatest joys and gifts.
On August 12, 1941, she married Alma Card Clark from Star Valley, Wyoming, in the Logan, Utah Temple. They lived most of their married life in Burley. All nine of their children were born there or in Rupert. Beth was a most devoted wife, beloved mother/grandmother/great grandmother, ardent sister and friend.
She was a valiant member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served faithfully in many positions. She was Relief Society and Primary President many times. She also directed choirs, choruses, played piano and organ, led music, and orchestrated costumed programs. She and her husband served on many missions before and after retirement, including Eastern States; Christchurch, New Zealand; Papua, New Guinea; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Her hobbies were not only teaching and music, but gardening, genealogy, library work, and sewing - especially quilts. She was the consummate organizer, with closets full of costumes, file cabinets meticulously cataloged of church pictures, stories, and lessons, and always generously available to the community. She was a woman of virtue, wisdom, and knowledge. She lived her testimony. We call her "blessed."
She is survived by her husband, Alma; eight of their nine children: Charles (Dianne) Clark, of Noblesville, IN, Kathryn Tompkins, of Woodstock, GA, Steven (Luanne) Clark, of Pocatello, ID, Gordon (Janet) Clark, of Boise, ID, John (Sandy) Clark, of Orem, UT, Antone (Cindy) Clark, of Layton, UT, Ellen Clark, of Logan, UT, and Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Paul (Tondee) Clark, of Boise, ID; her brothers, Howard (Melba) Hanks, of Rupert, ID, and David Hanks, of Burley, ID; her sisters, Barbara Graham, of Nampa, ID, and Helen (Morris) Dastrup, of Logan, UT; 42 grandchildren; and 87 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Morgan and Richard Hanks; a sister, Marian Harris; a daughter, Anne (Dennis) Heiner; a son-in-law, Don (Kathryn) Tompkins; sisters-in-law, Carolyn (David) Hanks and Mavis (Richard) Hanks; a brother-in-law, Ray (Barbara) Graham; and three grandchildren: Elizabeth, Marjorie and J.T.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Burley LDS 2nd and 4th Ward Church, 515 E. 16th St., in Burley, with Bishop Royce Otte officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, and from 1 until 1:45 p.m. Saturday at the church.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Church Perpetual Education Fund would be appreciated.
She was born November 15, 1919 in Burley Idaho, to Augustin (Gus) and Olive Abrams Hanks. She grew up in humble circumstances on the family farm west of Burley with one older sister, four younger brothers and two younger sisters. Though humble their circumstances, their home was full of love, music, literature, poetry, hard-work, and church service. She would later carry these rich attributes into her own home.
After Beth graduated from Burley High School, she attended Brigham Young University where she earned her elementary teaching degree. She taught school for two years in South Sanpete County, Utah, and one year in Declo, Idaho. Teaching young children in and out of the home was one of her greatest joys and gifts.
On August 12, 1941, she married Alma Card Clark from Star Valley, Wyoming, in the Logan, Utah Temple. They lived most of their married life in Burley. All nine of their children were born there or in Rupert. Beth was a most devoted wife, beloved mother/grandmother/great grandmother, ardent sister and friend.
She was a valiant member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served faithfully in many positions. She was Relief Society and Primary President many times. She also directed choirs, choruses, played piano and organ, led music, and orchestrated costumed programs. She and her husband served on many missions before and after retirement, including Eastern States; Christchurch, New Zealand; Papua, New Guinea; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Her hobbies were not only teaching and music, but gardening, genealogy, library work, and sewing - especially quilts. She was the consummate organizer, with closets full of costumes, file cabinets meticulously cataloged of church pictures, stories, and lessons, and always generously available to the community. She was a woman of virtue, wisdom, and knowledge. She lived her testimony. We call her "blessed."
She is survived by her husband, Alma; eight of their nine children: Charles (Dianne) Clark, of Noblesville, IN, Kathryn Tompkins, of Woodstock, GA, Steven (Luanne) Clark, of Pocatello, ID, Gordon (Janet) Clark, of Boise, ID, John (Sandy) Clark, of Orem, UT, Antone (Cindy) Clark, of Layton, UT, Ellen Clark, of Logan, UT, and Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Paul (Tondee) Clark, of Boise, ID; her brothers, Howard (Melba) Hanks, of Rupert, ID, and David Hanks, of Burley, ID; her sisters, Barbara Graham, of Nampa, ID, and Helen (Morris) Dastrup, of Logan, UT; 42 grandchildren; and 87 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Morgan and Richard Hanks; a sister, Marian Harris; a daughter, Anne (Dennis) Heiner; a son-in-law, Don (Kathryn) Tompkins; sisters-in-law, Carolyn (David) Hanks and Mavis (Richard) Hanks; a brother-in-law, Ray (Barbara) Graham; and three grandchildren: Elizabeth, Marjorie and J.T.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Burley LDS 2nd and 4th Ward Church, 515 E. 16th St., in Burley, with Bishop Royce Otte officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, and from 1 until 1:45 p.m. Saturday at the church.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Church Perpetual Education Fund would be appreciated.
Elizabeth (Beth) Hanks Clark, age 93, passed away peacefully at her home in Burley, Idaho, on October 25, 2013, just three weeks shy of her 94th birthday.
She was born November 15, 1919 in Burley Idaho, to Augustin (Gus) and Olive Abrams Hanks. She grew up in humble circumstances on the family farm west of Burley with one older sister, four younger brothers and two younger sisters. Though humble their circumstances, their home was full of love, music, literature, poetry, hard-work, and church service. She would later carry these rich attributes into her own home.
After Beth graduated from Burley High School, she attended Brigham Young University where she earned her elementary teaching degree. She taught school for two years in South Sanpete County, Utah, and one year in Declo, Idaho. Teaching young children in and out of the home was one of her greatest joys and gifts.
On August 12, 1941, she married Alma Card Clark from Star Valley, Wyoming, in the Logan, Utah Temple. They lived most of their married life in Burley. All nine of their children were born there or in Rupert. Beth was a most devoted wife, beloved mother/grandmother/great grandmother, ardent sister and friend.
She was a valiant member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served faithfully in many positions. She was Relief Society and Primary President many times. She also directed choirs, choruses, played piano and organ, led music, and orchestrated costumed programs. She and her husband served on many missions before and after retirement, including Eastern States; Christchurch, New Zealand; Papua, New Guinea; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Her hobbies were not only teaching and music, but gardening, genealogy, library work, and sewing - especially quilts. She was the consummate organizer, with closets full of costumes, file cabinets meticulously cataloged of church pictures, stories, and lessons, and always generously available to the community. She was a woman of virtue, wisdom, and knowledge. She lived her testimony. We call her "blessed."
She is survived by her husband, Alma; eight of their nine children: Charles (Dianne) Clark, of Noblesville, IN, Kathryn Tompkins, of Woodstock, GA, Steven (Luanne) Clark, of Pocatello, ID, Gordon (Janet) Clark, of Boise, ID, John (Sandy) Clark, of Orem, UT, Antone (Cindy) Clark, of Layton, UT, Ellen Clark, of Logan, UT, and Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Paul (Tondee) Clark, of Boise, ID; her brothers, Howard (Melba) Hanks, of Rupert, ID, and David Hanks, of Burley, ID; her sisters, Barbara Graham, of Nampa, ID, and Helen (Morris) Dastrup, of Logan, UT; 42 grandchildren; and 87 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Morgan and Richard Hanks; a sister, Marian Harris; a daughter, Anne (Dennis) Heiner; a son-in-law, Don (Kathryn) Tompkins; sisters-in-law, Carolyn (David) Hanks and Mavis (Richard) Hanks; a brother-in-law, Ray (Barbara) Graham; and three grandchildren: Elizabeth, Marjorie and J.T.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Burley LDS 2nd and 4th Ward Church, 515 E. 16th St., in Burley, with Bishop Royce Otte officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, and from 1 until 1:45 p.m. Saturday at the church.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Church Perpetual Education Fund would be appreciated.
She was born November 15, 1919 in Burley Idaho, to Augustin (Gus) and Olive Abrams Hanks. She grew up in humble circumstances on the family farm west of Burley with one older sister, four younger brothers and two younger sisters. Though humble their circumstances, their home was full of love, music, literature, poetry, hard-work, and church service. She would later carry these rich attributes into her own home.
After Beth graduated from Burley High School, she attended Brigham Young University where she earned her elementary teaching degree. She taught school for two years in South Sanpete County, Utah, and one year in Declo, Idaho. Teaching young children in and out of the home was one of her greatest joys and gifts.
On August 12, 1941, she married Alma Card Clark from Star Valley, Wyoming, in the Logan, Utah Temple. They lived most of their married life in Burley. All nine of their children were born there or in Rupert. Beth was a most devoted wife, beloved mother/grandmother/great grandmother, ardent sister and friend.
She was a valiant member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served faithfully in many positions. She was Relief Society and Primary President many times. She also directed choirs, choruses, played piano and organ, led music, and orchestrated costumed programs. She and her husband served on many missions before and after retirement, including Eastern States; Christchurch, New Zealand; Papua, New Guinea; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Her hobbies were not only teaching and music, but gardening, genealogy, library work, and sewing - especially quilts. She was the consummate organizer, with closets full of costumes, file cabinets meticulously cataloged of church pictures, stories, and lessons, and always generously available to the community. She was a woman of virtue, wisdom, and knowledge. She lived her testimony. We call her "blessed."
She is survived by her husband, Alma; eight of their nine children: Charles (Dianne) Clark, of Noblesville, IN, Kathryn Tompkins, of Woodstock, GA, Steven (Luanne) Clark, of Pocatello, ID, Gordon (Janet) Clark, of Boise, ID, John (Sandy) Clark, of Orem, UT, Antone (Cindy) Clark, of Layton, UT, Ellen Clark, of Logan, UT, and Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Paul (Tondee) Clark, of Boise, ID; her brothers, Howard (Melba) Hanks, of Rupert, ID, and David Hanks, of Burley, ID; her sisters, Barbara Graham, of Nampa, ID, and Helen (Morris) Dastrup, of Logan, UT; 42 grandchildren; and 87 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Morgan and Richard Hanks; a sister, Marian Harris; a daughter, Anne (Dennis) Heiner; a son-in-law, Don (Kathryn) Tompkins; sisters-in-law, Carolyn (David) Hanks and Mavis (Richard) Hanks; a brother-in-law, Ray (Barbara) Graham; and three grandchildren: Elizabeth, Marjorie and J.T.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Burley LDS 2nd and 4th Ward Church, 515 E. 16th St., in Burley, with Bishop Royce Otte officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, and from 1 until 1:45 p.m. Saturday at the church.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Church Perpetual Education Fund would be appreciated.
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