Beth Bark's obituary, Harrison, Clare County, Michigan Copyright © 1999 by Alive Eaton. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed MIGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the MIGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. _____________________________________________________________________ From the Clare County Review, date of death imbedded in text: Beth Eileen Bark, 82, of Hougton Lake and Harrison, passed away Thursday, October 8, 1998 at King Nursing Centre, Hougton Lake. Beth was born July 12, 1916, in St. Clair, the daughter of Samuel and Martha Grace (Belknap) Closs. She was united in marriage to Marvin Fred Bark on October 30, 1943 in St. Clair. Beth had resided in the Houghton Lake and Harrison areas for the previous 20 years, coming from St. Clair. Surviving her are: one son, Kenneth Joe Bark of Mt. Clemens, a son-in-law, Larry Green of Harrison; and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1976; her parents, a daughter, Martha Grace Green, in 1985; two brothers and one sister. Services were held October 12, 1998, from Stocking Funeral Home, Harrison, with Rev. Lee Palmer officiating. Cremation followed at Autumn Valley Crematory, Prudenville.