Caroline M. Clark

CAROLINE CLARK MUSCATINE, Iowa - Caroline M. Clark, 91, of Muscatine, died on Sunday, January 15, 2012, at Lutheran Homes. Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2012, at the Grace Lutheran Church, 2107 Cedar Street. Reverend Gary MacManus will officiate the service. Honorary bearers will be Ron Marshall and Clifford Welker. Casket bearers will be Donald L. Clark II, Craig Clark, LaVern Lippelgoes, Donald L. Clark III, Darrell Mattingly, Rodney Lippelgoes, and Randy Lippelgoes. Burial will take place in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Grace Lutheran Church or Lutheran Homes. The family would like to thank Lutheran Homes and Hospice Compassus for their loving and compassionate care. Caroline was born on September 13, 1920, in Muscatine, the daughter of George and Elsie Canarr Gunzenhauser. She married Donald L. Clark on March 4, 1939, in Burlington. He preceded her in death on December 23, 1998. She worked at J & K Button Company and the HJ Heinz Company and retired in 1982. She is a member of the Grace Luthera...[more]

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hurch where she served on the Alter Guild and was a member of Grace Women. She was a past member of the Muscatine Hospital Auxiliary. She loved playing cards, crocheting, needlepoint, working with plastic canvas and baking. She enjoyed sharing her baked goods and candies with family and friends. Those left to honor her memory include her children, Sandra Bero and husband, Floyd, of Coleville, California, and Donald L. Clark Jr., Virginia Lippelgoes and husband, LaVern, and Craig Clark and wife, Chris, all of Muscatine; 14 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; three sisters; three brothers; and one daughter-in-law, Patti Hopewell Clark.