Gladys Clark

Gladys Clark, 100, Bismarck, died December 24, 2007, at a Bismarck care center. Services will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, January 2, 2008, at First Presbyterian Church, Bismarck. Burial will be in Stewartsdale Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm Tuesday, January 1, 2008, at Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck, and continue one hour prior to services at the church. Gladys Meta Doehle Clark was born May 7, 1907, in Wildrose Township, Burleigh County, the daughter of August and Anna Vetsch Doehle. She was raised and educated in that area and later attended high school in Kulm and Edgeley, ND. Gladys married Leslie Clark on November 9, 1926, in Bismarck, ND. They lived their entire married life on the Clark farm south of Bismarck where Leslie was born. Gladys was township assessor for many years and also served on the school board. She was a member of Glencoe Presbyterian Church. During those early years, she especially enjoyed gardening, canning, baking and crocheting. Leslie died in 1985, and Gladys continued living alone on the farm until 1992, when she moved to Bismarck to reside with her son, Wayne. Gladys was dearly loved and will be deeply missed by her family and many good friends. She is survived by her son, Wayne Clark of Bismarck; her granddaughter, Mari Lyn Clark-Longshaw and her husband, Adrian Longshaw and her great-grandson, Elijah Wayne Longshaw all of Hopewell, Jamaica; her grandson and wife, Gary and Sharon Dire of Mandan, ND; and her nephews and nieces, Dean and Sharon Beard of Bismarck, ND, Linda and Rick Moen of Larimore, ND, Barbara and Bill Horgan of Hot Springs Village, AR, Douglas and Marlene Doehle of Eagle, ID, Lowell and Marilyn Doehle of Yakima, WA, Anna Coles of Seattle, WA, Melody and Patrick Neely of Vacaville, CA, and Warren Doehle, Jr. of Milwaukie, OR. Gladys was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 59 years, Leslie; her infant daughter, Marilyn Kay Clark; her two sisters, Helen and Edna; and her four brothers, Milton, Fred, Ernest, and Warren. The family wishes to give a special thanks to the staff at Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center for all the care they've given Gladys.

Gladys Clark

May 7, 1907 - December 24, 2007