Obituary of Beth (Porter) Clark, 2002; Baker Co., OR Surnames: Clark, Porter, Middleton, Haslett, Haney, Brennan, Miller, Mele, Eldred ************************************************************************ 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 USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ to store the file permanently for free access and not to be removed separately without written permission. ************************************************************************ Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by: W. David Samuelsen - May 2002 ************************************************************************ Permission granted by Baker City Herald, Baker City, Baker County, OR for text copy to be deposited in the USGenWeb Archives. http://www.bakercityherald.com ************************************************************************ Beth Clark Beth Porter Clark, 86, of Halfway died Feb. 14, 2002, at Halfway after a long illness. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Pine Valley Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Bill Shields will officiate. Vault interment will be at Angelus Memorial Park Cemetery in Anchorage, Alaska. Mrs. Clark was born on Dec. 11, 1915, at Burton, Idaho, to Milburn Wyatt Porter and Blanche Middleton Porter. She married Don H. Clark on July 3, 1935, at Jackson Hole, Wyo., and moved to Anchorage in 1950. Mrs. Clark worked as a seamstress for Alaska Cleaners and Northern Commercial Co. in the early years and later was a bookkeeper for her husband's construction company. Beth enjoyed entertaining friends and they often referred to her home as "Beth's Boarding House." She was a member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church and loved gardening, sewing and was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. In 1992, she moved to Halfway to be closer to her daughter. Survivors include her two brothers, Jack Porter of Soda Springs, Idaho, and Ross Porter of Portland; a sister, Patti Haslett of Portland; a son, D. Craig Clark of Anchorage, Alaska; a daughter, Judi Haney of Halfway; five grandchildren, Kelly Brennan and Brian Miller of Halibut Cove, Alaska, Shelly Eldred of Eagle River, Alaska, Tammy Mele of Merritt Island, Fla., and Todd Clark of Anchorage, Alaska; and six great-grandchildren. Her husband, Don, and grandson, Mark Brennan, both died in 1982. Two brothers and one sister also preceded her in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association through Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834.