Delta County CO Archives Obituaries.....Clark, Charles W. March 21, 1939
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OBITUARY: Paonia Newspaper

Charles W. Clark Will rest Today in Bethlehem

     Recurrence of illness suffered last week from which apparently he was 
recovering resulted in the death of Charles W. Clark at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday 
evening, March 21.

     Funeral Service will be held at two o'clock this afternoon in the 
Federated church, Paster A. L. Powell being assisted by the Rev. Paul A. 
Shields of Hotchkiss.  Music will be provided by a male quartet comprised of 
T.H. Wand, O.C. Tarman, J.M. Taylor, and Lyle Sims, with Mrs. A.S. McKee as 
instrumental accompanist.  Honary pallbearers will be George Wood, R.H. 
Fluke, F.B. Short, J.C. Vanderback, H.F. Hutchison, and F.E. Hicks; active 
pallbearers will be R.A. Husted, Robert Edwards, W.E. Simmons, Clifford 
Sparks, R.T. Fluke, and B.N. Crawford.  The graveside service will follow the 
ritual of the Odd Fellows lodge.  Burial will be in Bethlehem cemetery, the 
Taylor Funeral Home directing.

     Mr. Clark observed his seventy-third birthday anniversary Feb. 15.  He 
was affiliated with the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges in Paonia.  Besides 
his widow, he leaves two daughters, Mrs. V.N. Lawrence and Mrs. Ferris Gill, 
both of Paonia.  A more complete sketch of his life will be published in the 
Paonian for March 30.

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OBITUARY: Paonian March 30, 1939

     Charles Wilbur Clark, eldest son of Isaac and Amanda Buchanan Clark, was 
born near Ottumwa, Iowa, Feb. 15, 1866.  He received his education in the 
schools of that city, later moving with his parents to Leon, Iowa, where he 
and his father owned and operated a farm.

     Mr. Clark was united in marriage to Mary Elizabeth Schlapia at Delphos, 
Iowa, Dec. 24, 1890, and at that place they established their home on a farm. 
 Later he engaged in mercantile business.  In Feruary, 1906, he and his 
family came to Paonia.  For a time he owned and operated the old Dorrance 
coal mine but being interested in fruitgrowing, he farmed several orchards in 
the valley.

     Early in life Mr. Clark united with the Christian church, in which he 
was an active worker.  At the time of his death he was affiliated with the 
Federated church of Paonia.  He joined the Odd Fellows lodge 45 years ago and 
was an active member of Mt. Lamborn lodge in Paonia, also being a member of 
the Masonic order here.

     A direct descendant of the Buchanan clan, his maternal grandfather and 
James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States, were brothers.  He 
was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, and two sisters.  He 
leaves besides his widow, two daughters - Mrs. V.N. Lawrence and Mrs. Francis 
Gill, and one sister, Mrs. A.O. Stucker, all of Paonia.

     Mr. Clark was a lover of children and flowers and to the little folk of 
the community he was affectionately known as "Uncle Charlie."  His death 
occurred Tuesday evening, March 21, 1939.  Funeral service Thursday afternoon 
was followed by burial in Bethlehem cemetery.

Additional Comments:

The connection to President Buchanan is not correct: we think his maternal great-grandfather 
was a brother to the father of the President.


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