Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Clark, Franklin B. 2001
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 2 Jan 2001

Mr. Franklin B. Clark, 83, of Rockford, formerly of Belding, went home to be 
with his Lord and Savior Sunday, Dec. 31, 2000, at Spectrum Health-East 
Campus.  Mr. Clark was born in Ionia County Oct. 4, 1917, the son of J. Frank 
and Ada (nee Mendonsa) Clark.  He graduated from Belding High School and 
married the former Maxine Regan Dec. 7, 1938, in Ionia.

He was a member of Rockford Baptist Church and previously a member of The First 
Baptist Church of Belding where he served as a deacon.

In 1982, he retired from Extruded Metals in Belding as a lathe operator-
machinist and looked forward to continuing his “hobby farming,” which he really 
enjoyed.

Mr. Clark was a godly man who never complained.  He enjoyed studying the word 
of God and was the spiritual leader of his family and a very faithful prayer 
warrior.

A man of few spoken words, he often spoke through his dancing eyes and unending 
smile.  He was also an excellent letter writer.

He is survived by his daughter, JoAnn (Ken) Morris of Comstock Park; his 
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Helen Clark, of Grand Rapids; his grandchildren, Mindy 
Morris and her fiancé Travis Galloway, Katie Morris, Justin Morris, Dawn and 
Tim Schweitzer, all of Comstock Park, Kurt and Anne Clark of E. Grand Rapids; 
Kent and Linda Clark of Haslett, and Kevin Clark of Belmont; his great-
grandsons, Nick and Sam Schweitzer and the much anticipated arrival of another 
great-grandchild; his brother, Paul (Wilma) Clark of Ionia; his sister-in-law, 
Mrs. Ann Regan of Belding; his “special adopted family” Michael and Dixie 
Newell and family of Rockford; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Maxine Clark on Aug. 7, 1993, and his 
son, Wendell Clark on Sept. 25, 1989.

A service of praise and thanksgiving to God for the gift of eternal life 
through Jesus Christ for Mr. Clark will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Pederson 
Funeral Home with Pastor James Ankererg officiating.  Interment in River Ridge 
Cemetery, Belding, at 2:30 p.m. Thursday.  Those planning an expression of 
sympathy are asked to consider the Building Fund at Rockford Baptist Church or 
Meals on Wheels.  Friends may celebrate Mr. Clark’s life with his family from 2 
p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Pederson Funeral Home, 127 
N. Monroe St., Rockford.


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