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Effie Susan <I>Kinzie</I> Clark

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Effie Susan Kinzie Clark

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13 Feb 1981 (aged 95)
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Haxtun, Phillips County, Colorado, USA Add to Map
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Haxtun Herald, Haxtun, Colorado, February 19, 1981

EFFIE CLARK DIES IN GREELEY

Effie Susan Clark, a former Haxtun resident, died February 13 at the age of 95 at the Bonell Retirement Center in Greeley, Colorado.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, February 17, at the Haxtun Methodist Church with the Rev. Guy Botkin officiating. Burial followed in the Haxtun Cemetery.

Mrs. Clark, the last survivor of a prominent pioneer family, was born to Joel and Emily Kinzie on June 26, 1885 in Osage County, Kansas. She moved with her parents to Colorado in 1891, settling in the Sterling area.

She filed for a homestead west of Dailey which became the home of her and her husband, Ora K. Clark, whom she married in 1908.

In 1919 her husband purchased an automobile agency in Dailey, Colorado, where they lived until 1931, when the business was moved to Haxtun.

Mrs. Clark was a member of the Methodist church, ICU Club of which she was a charter member and WTCU. Clark died in April of 1950 and their son Grover Clark is now deceased.

Survivors include three daughters, Bess Nelson of Graeagle, California; Helen Nicholson of Greeley, Colorado; Mary Oles of Morro Bay, California; nine grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

Dr. Ed Nelson of Ybylsante, Michigan came for his grandmothers funeral.
Haxtun Herald, Haxtun, Colorado, February 19, 1981

EFFIE CLARK DIES IN GREELEY

Effie Susan Clark, a former Haxtun resident, died February 13 at the age of 95 at the Bonell Retirement Center in Greeley, Colorado.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, February 17, at the Haxtun Methodist Church with the Rev. Guy Botkin officiating. Burial followed in the Haxtun Cemetery.

Mrs. Clark, the last survivor of a prominent pioneer family, was born to Joel and Emily Kinzie on June 26, 1885 in Osage County, Kansas. She moved with her parents to Colorado in 1891, settling in the Sterling area.

She filed for a homestead west of Dailey which became the home of her and her husband, Ora K. Clark, whom she married in 1908.

In 1919 her husband purchased an automobile agency in Dailey, Colorado, where they lived until 1931, when the business was moved to Haxtun.

Mrs. Clark was a member of the Methodist church, ICU Club of which she was a charter member and WTCU. Clark died in April of 1950 and their son Grover Clark is now deceased.

Survivors include three daughters, Bess Nelson of Graeagle, California; Helen Nicholson of Greeley, Colorado; Mary Oles of Morro Bay, California; nine grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

Dr. Ed Nelson of Ybylsante, Michigan came for his grandmothers funeral.


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