Virginia Freeze Barker Clark
1901 - 1989
Virginia Freeze Barker Clark, 87, well-known vocalist and radio performer, died April 16, 1989, at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah, after a brief illness.
She began her musical career at a young age and was one of the first to perform on radio station KZN, which later became KSL. She was part of a regular series, "Sunday Evening from Temple Square," which was broadcast on the station. When KSL became a 50,000-watt station, her voice was heard from Chicago to Hawaii and from Canada to Mexico. She traveled throughout the Mountain West with a quartet sponsored by Utah Oil Co.
On June 30, 1925, she married Ellis Webster Barker in Salt Lake City, Utah.
She was active in many civic groups and promoted the early beginnings of the Utah Opera Company, Civic Music and the Utah Symphony Guild, serving as the chairwoman of the first Symphony Ball. She and her late husband, Judge Rulon W. Clark, whom she married in 1956, were honored by the University of Utah.
Burial in Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Original obituary published by:
© Deseret News | Salt Lake City, Utah | 18 April 1989
1901 - 1989
Virginia Freeze Barker Clark, 87, well-known vocalist and radio performer, died April 16, 1989, at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah, after a brief illness.
She began her musical career at a young age and was one of the first to perform on radio station KZN, which later became KSL. She was part of a regular series, "Sunday Evening from Temple Square," which was broadcast on the station. When KSL became a 50,000-watt station, her voice was heard from Chicago to Hawaii and from Canada to Mexico. She traveled throughout the Mountain West with a quartet sponsored by Utah Oil Co.
On June 30, 1925, she married Ellis Webster Barker in Salt Lake City, Utah.
She was active in many civic groups and promoted the early beginnings of the Utah Opera Company, Civic Music and the Utah Symphony Guild, serving as the chairwoman of the first Symphony Ball. She and her late husband, Judge Rulon W. Clark, whom she married in 1956, were honored by the University of Utah.
Burial in Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Original obituary published by:
© Deseret News | Salt Lake City, Utah | 18 April 1989
Virginia Freeze Barker Clark
1901 - 1989
Virginia Freeze Barker Clark, 87, well-known vocalist and radio performer, died April 16, 1989, at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah, after a brief illness.
She began her musical career at a young age and was one of the first to perform on radio station KZN, which later became KSL. She was part of a regular series, "Sunday Evening from Temple Square," which was broadcast on the station. When KSL became a 50,000-watt station, her voice was heard from Chicago to Hawaii and from Canada to Mexico. She traveled throughout the Mountain West with a quartet sponsored by Utah Oil Co.
On June 30, 1925, she married Ellis Webster Barker in Salt Lake City, Utah.
She was active in many civic groups and promoted the early beginnings of the Utah Opera Company, Civic Music and the Utah Symphony Guild, serving as the chairwoman of the first Symphony Ball. She and her late husband, Judge Rulon W. Clark, whom she married in 1956, were honored by the University of Utah.
Burial in Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Original obituary published by:
© Deseret News | Salt Lake City, Utah | 18 April 1989
1901 - 1989
Virginia Freeze Barker Clark, 87, well-known vocalist and radio performer, died April 16, 1989, at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah, after a brief illness.
She began her musical career at a young age and was one of the first to perform on radio station KZN, which later became KSL. She was part of a regular series, "Sunday Evening from Temple Square," which was broadcast on the station. When KSL became a 50,000-watt station, her voice was heard from Chicago to Hawaii and from Canada to Mexico. She traveled throughout the Mountain West with a quartet sponsored by Utah Oil Co.
On June 30, 1925, she married Ellis Webster Barker in Salt Lake City, Utah.
She was active in many civic groups and promoted the early beginnings of the Utah Opera Company, Civic Music and the Utah Symphony Guild, serving as the chairwoman of the first Symphony Ball. She and her late husband, Judge Rulon W. Clark, whom she married in 1956, were honored by the University of Utah.
Burial in Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Original obituary published by:
© Deseret News | Salt Lake City, Utah | 18 April 1989
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