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Linn County News

Published Oct. 11, 2023

 

Our dear father, Victor Gene Clark, passed away at his home in Mound City, Kan., on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Vic was 85 years old.

Vic was born in Medicine Lodge, Kan., on Aug. 23, 1938, to parents Mary Jane (Sharp) and Oliver Francis Clark. Vic served in the U.S. Air Force in Waco, Texas, where he met JoAnn Harding, and they
were married in 1957. After living in Waco and the Shawnee, Kan., area, Vic and Jo moved to Mound City in 1970.

Vic is preceded in death by his beloved wife, JoAnn; his grandson, Logan David Clark; his parents; and two of his siblings, Betty and Richard.
He is remembered with great love by his children and their spouses, David and Pam Clark, Sherry and Van
Richardson, Randy and Kelly Clark, Michelle Clark and Brad Stephenson, Carlos Gutierrez and Sarai Justes; grandchildren Brandon Clark, Megan Miller, Nicolas Clark, Erin Holzhauer, Colby Willard, Alex Clark, Allie  Stephenson, Devon Conner, Tucker Stephenson, Austin Richardson, and Lola Gutierrez; great- grandchildren Brody, Veia, Jack, Stratton, Hudsyn, Averie, Brya, Sage, Cecilia, Landen, James, and Arthur; and his dog Duke. Vic also leaves his brother, Bud, and sister Darlene; brothers and sisters-in-law; cousins; many nieces, nephews, and cherished friends.

Graveside service will be 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, at the Woodland Cemetery in Mound City, Kan. Memorial contributions are suggested to Mound City Christian Church Youth Fund. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.  

 

 

 

 

 

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