| i. | Walter Alfred Clark3, born December 04, 1905 in Hawarden, Sioux Co., IA; died December 04, 1980 in Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., CO- burial Maple Hill Cemetery, Osceola, IA; married (1) Daisy Nell Jeffers April 27, 1930 in Osceola, Clarke Co., IA; married (2) Norma Bloomquist February 05, 1939. |
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Notes for Walter Alfred Clark: Alfred and Daisy were married in a double wedding ceremony with Garl and Wilma McLaughlin. |
| ii. | baby boy Clark, born 1908; died July 1908 in Decatur Co., IA - burial Metier Cemetery, near LeRoy, IA. | |||
| iii. | Flora Belle Clark, born June 22, 1909 in Decatur Co., IA; died April 05, 1997 in Osceola, Clarke Co., IA - burial Maple Hill Cemetery, Osceola; married Alfred Earl Marshall September 08, 1927 in Christian Church, Osceola, IA. |
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Notes for Flora Belle Clark: Flora and Alfred lived on the farm where he was born and farmed it for 60 years. After Alfred's death, Flora sold the farm and moved to a trailer home in Osceola, IA, where she retired at age 81. |
| iv. | Leslie Orlando Clark4,5, born December 13, 1910 in Decatur Co., IA; died August 26, 1998 in Clarke Co., IA - burial Maple Hill Cemetery, Osceola, IA; married Corda Lillian Hart April 25, 1931 in Des Moines, IA. |
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Notes for Leslie Orlando Clark: Les enlisted in the Navy during WWII in 1943, and was a barber in the service while he was at Farragut, ID. He was discharge due to a physical disability. Following their marriage, he farmed until 1936 when they moved to Des Moines where he attended the Iowa Barber College. He then barbered in Osceola for many years, first buying half interest in a shop owned by George Tillotson. Later he bought the remaining interest and continued barbering on the southeast corner of the square - until he moved the shop to the basement and added a sporting goods shop. He bought a building on the south side of the square in 1968 and barbered there until October 1973 when he retired. After retiring the couple spent parts of each summer at the Lake of the Ozarks. In his retirement, he enjoyed building custom furniture from wood that he has cut and cured. He was active in the American Legion and was post commander. Other organizations he was a member of included the Osceola Fire Department, Odd Fellows and he was a charter member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He helped organize the local Isaac Walton League and the Rod and Gun Club. Les enjoyed trap shooting, fishing and bowling. He was also a talented woodworker and made beautiful walnut and oak furniture from wood he cut, kiln dried, hand planed, and finished. He could often be found in his basement workshop. He became a resident of the Osceola Leisure Manor in January, 1997, and lived there until two days before his death. |
| v. | Kenneth Maurice Clark, born August 24, 1913 in west of Van Wert, Decatur Co., IA; married Freda Larie Gibson November 09, 1936 in Methodist Church, Leon, IA. |
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Notes for Kenneth Maurice Clark: Maurice grew up on a farm north of Weldon, Iowa. He remembers when he was 3 years old getting a toy horse and buggy with a banana in it for Christmas. Maurice attended Osceola Junior College and worked part-time for Hy-Vee Food Stores. He also traveled around the country and helped with the harvests. After he and Freda were married in 1936, he worked for Hy-Vee again in the meat department. They opened the first Hy-Vee at Indianola on the north side of the square. Maurice was then transferred to Leon, IA, as a meat cutter. Their son, Condon was born at the Clarke Co. Hospital while they lived at Leon. In 1938, they moved to an 80 acre farm they bought near Osceola, IA. The twins, Rolan and Roger were born that same year at home. The roads were very muddy, and the doctor and nurse got their vehicle stuck. The nurse walked to the house while the doctor tried to get unstuck. The twins were born before the doctor got there, Rolan 1/2 hour before Roger. When the boys were small, Maurice shoveled a train car load of coal to pay for some overalls they needed. He also built a special double high chair for the twins. From this farm, they moved to May Wassom's place north of Osceola, and then south of Osceola to one of Olin Marquis' farms. In 1953, they moved east of Osceola about 7 miles to another of Olin's farms. While living there they purchased their first new car, a 1953 Oldsmobile. (This farm is now owned by Frank Pontier). They moved in 1955 to a farm west of Osceola by West Lake. This has been the homeplace until 1992, when they sold part of it and moved in town. Maurice and Freda divorced in 1968, and he remarried to Doris in . They divorced in 1979. Maurice and Freda then remarried in the fall of 1980. They enjoyed spending part of the winter in Arizona, which they started doing in the 1960's, and continued until 1992. Maurice enjoys taking care of the garden and checking the crops at the portion of the farm they kept west of Osceola. |
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Notes for Freda Larie Gibson: Freda played the trombone in band, after Vera quit playing it. Freda was in 4-H. She graduated from Grand River High School in 1934. After she and Maurice were married, she worked as a bookkeeper at an implement store and garage. When the children were born, she stayed home and took care of them, and that was a job in itself with a 1 year old and two babies. It was almost like having triplets!! After Maurice and Freda divorced, Freda moved to a mobile home in Osceola. She worked at the high school for one week, when the Four Corner Market had an opening for her. She worked there from 1967 until about 1969. Then she helped Hazel Hembry at the Osceola Country Club, and helped Ruble's sell mobile homes. In 1974, she started working at Rindy's Super Value and continued to work there until it closed in 1977. From 1977 until 1980, she worked at the Casey's store in Osceola. She opened this store up for them in 1977, as Beth Toland had to give notice at her other job and couldn't start her job as manager right away. She would come in and help Freda at nights. Freda now enjoys crocheting afghans, and makes many beautiful ones for her family. She also has many flowers and enjoys bird-watching. |
| vi. | Mildred Helen Clark5, born October 05, 1917 in Osceola, Clarke Co., IA; died April 12, 1988 in Rio Vista, CA; married John Basin Andrew August 02, 1942 in Gardnerville, NV. |
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Notes for Mildred Helen Clark: Mildred was a private secretary and a phototinter. She had a bad stroke in 1968 that left her right side paralyzed and she had to learn to talk again. She never fully recovered and spent her last 10 years in a nursing home. |
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