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Allen Dean Clark

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Allen Dean Clark

Birth
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11 Jan 2007 (aged 85)
Burial
Rice Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Allen Clark
June 7, 1921—Jan. 11, 2007

Allen Dean Clark, 85, of Rice Lake died Jan. 11. Funeral services were Saturday morning at High Point Wesleyan Church in Rice Lake with the Revs. James Thompson, Donald Berry, Channing Bogie and Dave Carlson officiating. Interment with military rites accored by the Rice Lake Veterans Center Honor Guard followed at Nora Cemetery in Rice Lake.

Mr. Clark was born June 7, 1921 to Andrew and Mary (Wroe) Clark of Minong. He served with the XIV Corps 607th Medical Clearing Company and aided in caring for the wounded throughout the battle for Manila and cared for 2,100 Americans released from the Los Banos interment camp. He was awarded the Philippines Liberation Ribbon with a battle star for his part in the Battle of Luzon, including the freeing of Manila. Mr. Clark also was entitled to wear the Asiatic Pacific Theatre Ribbon with battle stars and the Good Conduct medal. He married Virginia Culver on June 26, 1951 in Nebraska, and they lived there until moving to Rice Lake in 1960. Mr. Clark worked at Lakeside Hospital until his retirement.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia; three sons, David of Almena, and Paul and Mark, both of Rice Lake; two daughters, Mary Carlson of Amery and Debra Hawkins of Prescott; a stepson, John Culver of Mesquite, Nev., three stepdaughters, Charlotte Sargent of Colorado Springs, Colo., Janice Culver of Chetek and Dorothy Thompson of Indianapolis, Ind.; 20 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Sylvin of Duluth, Minn., and Alvin of Staten Island, N.Y.; and a sister, Mildred Cheever of Superior. [Based on an obituary published 17 Jan 2007 in the Rice Lake Chronotype, Rice Lake, WI]
Allen Clark
June 7, 1921—Jan. 11, 2007

Allen Dean Clark, 85, of Rice Lake died Jan. 11. Funeral services were Saturday morning at High Point Wesleyan Church in Rice Lake with the Revs. James Thompson, Donald Berry, Channing Bogie and Dave Carlson officiating. Interment with military rites accored by the Rice Lake Veterans Center Honor Guard followed at Nora Cemetery in Rice Lake.

Mr. Clark was born June 7, 1921 to Andrew and Mary (Wroe) Clark of Minong. He served with the XIV Corps 607th Medical Clearing Company and aided in caring for the wounded throughout the battle for Manila and cared for 2,100 Americans released from the Los Banos interment camp. He was awarded the Philippines Liberation Ribbon with a battle star for his part in the Battle of Luzon, including the freeing of Manila. Mr. Clark also was entitled to wear the Asiatic Pacific Theatre Ribbon with battle stars and the Good Conduct medal. He married Virginia Culver on June 26, 1951 in Nebraska, and they lived there until moving to Rice Lake in 1960. Mr. Clark worked at Lakeside Hospital until his retirement.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia; three sons, David of Almena, and Paul and Mark, both of Rice Lake; two daughters, Mary Carlson of Amery and Debra Hawkins of Prescott; a stepson, John Culver of Mesquite, Nev., three stepdaughters, Charlotte Sargent of Colorado Springs, Colo., Janice Culver of Chetek and Dorothy Thompson of Indianapolis, Ind.; 20 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Sylvin of Duluth, Minn., and Alvin of Staten Island, N.Y.; and a sister, Mildred Cheever of Superior. [Based on an obituary published 17 Jan 2007 in the Rice Lake Chronotype, Rice Lake, WI]


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