Clifton Eric Clark, Jr

1915 - 1985  (70 years)

• Name	Clifton Eric Clark
  Suffix	Jr
  Birth	19 Aug 1915	Hutchinson, Kansas   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	Clifton Eric Clark Jr. was born August 19, 1915 in Hutchinson, Kansas. When he was 13 his mother (Violet Barnhurst Clark) died of Bright's Disease (a kidney disease). Clif's father (Clifton Eric Clark Sr) left him, his younger brother Elwood and his sister Fonda at an orphanage run by his grandparents (John William Barnhurst and Margaret Muir Barnhurst) near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Clif served as a medic in the army during WW2. He trained as a medical techologist and that was his profession the rest of his life. He loved electronics and "high fi" equipment. He had a large stereo system with a reel to reel tape deck etc. I remember mom fussing about all the cords that led to said equipment. He played a lot of classical music. Dad was an eccentric man that few understood. Mom was asked one time that I know of "How do you get along with him Irene?" He lacked tact and that got him into trouble on more than one occasion. He was an avid gardener with a green thumb. We subscribed to Organic Gardening magazines and he grew prize winning veges. I remember that I could always count on dad to fix anything. I remember an incident when I was living in Arkansas. Mom and dad came to visit. The black walnuts were ready to harvest. He devised a way to get the hulls off that most people would not have thought of. He made a trough as wide as a car tire and with the tire spinning in the trough he would pour the black walnuts in and they came out the other side perfectly hulled. Then he would sit for hours with pliers and picks getting those nuts out better than I have ever seen anyone do. He was amazing. He died August 27, 1985 of Lou Gehrigs disease.
  Reference Number	33682
  Military Service	Between 3 Feb 1944 and 21 May 1946  [2]
  	US Marine Corps
  Death	27 Aug 1985	Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington   [3]
  Burial	Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon   [4]
  	Clifton E Clark Jr; Cpl US Army WWII; Aug 19 1915 Aug 27 1985; Irene Thelma Clark; Mar 10 1916 Dec 23 1997; Resting in Jesus
  Person ID	I33441	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Irene Thelma Mabie,   b. 10 Mar 1916, Granton, Clark County, Wisconsin d. 12 Dec 1997, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	1 Jun 1943	Knoxville, Tennessee   [1]
  Family ID	F11484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S192] Information taken from the Internet by John MayBee #8, http://mabie.wikidot.com/irene. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010. [S2] Social SecurityDeath Index; Url: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/ssdi/, and Washington, U.S., Death Index, 1940-2017. [S380] Find A Grave; Url: http://www.findagrave.com/, Memorial ID 493753.