Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Clark, Gertrude (Spears) 1920
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Portland Observer, 29 Apr 1920

Seized with a fatal attack of heart disease while transacting some business in 
the lobby of the Capital National Bank at Lansing, Monday afternoon, Mrs. John 
F. Clark, formerly of Portland, breathed her last fifteen minutes afterward.  
Mrs. Clark had gone to the bank in company with her brother-in-law, John A. 
Daley, who was waiting outside of the bank, in his automobile, while Mrs. Clark 
was transacting her business inside.  Customers of the bank who were near Mrs. 
Clark at the time she was stricken assisted her to Mr. Daley’s automobile, and 
she was taken to the Daley home at 127 Bingham street, where she passed away 15 
minutes later.  She was conscious almost to the very last, and undoubtedly 
realized that the end was close at hand.

Mrs. Clark had been in good health all winter and for several weeks had been 
taking care of her sister, Mrs. Daley, who had been ill.  Her death was a great 
blow to members of the family, especially the husband, and was also a keen 
shock to the woman’s many friends in Portland, who were deeply depressed by the 
sad news.

Gertrude Spears, or “Gertie” Clark, as she was known to Portland people, was in 
her 44th year at the time of her sudden death, having been born in Riley 
township, Clinton county, on New Year’s day, 1877.  Her marriage to John F. 
Clark, a son of Mrs. Harriet Clark, of Portland, took place January 26, 1897, 
at Charlotte.  Not long after their marriage they came to Portland, where they 
resided for period of about 10 years, moving to Lansing 12 years ago.  Mr. 
Clark was foreman of The Observer printing plant during his residence in 
Portland, first under the management of Lew F. McCutcheon and later under the 
management of C.D. Tomy.  Mrs. Clark was popular here socially and at one time 
was an active worker in the Lady Maccabee lodge.  She always had a smile and 
kind word for everyone, was quick to make friends and always kept them.  Mrs. 
Clark and her husband, who survives her, were devout companions and Mr. Clark 
naturally takes the blow extremely hard.

Mrs. Clark has no children.  She is survived, however, by two sisters, Mrs. 
Daley, of Lansing and Mrs. John Valentine, of Grand Ledge, and her mother, Mrs. 
Eliza Spears, who also lives at Grand Ledge.

Funeral services were held at the Daley home in Lansing at 1:30 o’clock 
Wednesday afternoon, and the remains were taken to Grand Ledge for interment in 
Oakwood cemetery.  Mrs. Harriet Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whitman, Mrs. Otto 
Swank and Miss Marjory Lakin were among the Portland people who attended the 
funeral.


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