Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Clark, Helen (Hengesback) April 3, 2011 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com January 18, 2017, 2:13 am Portland Review & Observer - Sunday, April 10, 2011 Helen Clark of Portland, age 74, passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2011. Mrs. Clark was born on October 4, 1936 in Westphalia, Michigan, the daughter of Lawrence and Therese (Pohl) Hengesbach. Helen enjoyed gardening, mountains, traveling the U.S. and to their cottage in Tennessee. She made the best homemade bread and was a wonderful cook. Helen was kind, generous, thoughtful and very loving towards others. She was preceded in death by her parents; children, Brenda Clark and Steven Clark; grandson, Lee Martin; brothers, Stanley Hengesbach, and Reynold Hengesbach; sister-in-law, Joanne Hengesbach. Surviving are her husband, Bill; children, Cathy Clark, Sharon (Jim) Hall, Laurie (Ken) Martin, Tom Clark and Mark (Julia) Clark; 12 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren; brother, Linus (Pat) Hengesbach and Albert (Wilma) Hengesbach; sister, Alice Hengesbach; sister-in-law, Rose Hengesbach; and her special friend, Marie Schafer. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, April 8, 2011 at 11:00 a.m., at St. Patrick Catholic Church with Rev. Larry King presiding. Rite of Committal will follow at Portland Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Homes, Portland, on Wednesday and Thursday from 2:00-4:00 p.m. and 6:00-8:00 p.m. with rosaries being prayed both days at 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the Father Flohe Foundation. Online condolences may be made at www.schraubenlehman.com. Additional Comments: Mrs. "Bill" Wm. G. Mass: Friday, 8 April 2011 Portland Cemetery #E1-26 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/clark33901nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb