----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Laird To: Jim Laird Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 8:12 AM Subject: Obituary: Clara V. MARK. The Oskaloosa Independent Thursday March 20, 1941 Clara V. Mark. Mrs. Calra Virginia MARK, 78, died Friday afternoon at her home in Meriden. She was born August 13, 1862, in Mattoon, Ill., and came to Kansas with her parents at the age of four, settling on a farm near Valley Falls. They later moved to Westmoreland and in 1885 she married Charles L. MARK and at that time moved to the Meriden community. Her husband died in 1919 and since that time she had lived in Meriden. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. George BROWN, of Meriden; Mrs. Bert GRIMES, of Ponca City, Okla.; and Mrs. Will WEST, of Melvern, Kan.; two sons, Frank MARK, of Topeka and Eugene MARK of Meriden, three brothers, S.F. RAINS, of Topeka; Lloyd RAINS, of California, and Edward RAINS, of Lawrence, Kan.; thirty grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren. Funeral service was held Sunday at 1 a.m. at the Methodist church Rev. DAVIS conducted the funeral services, a mixed quartet, Mrs. Cletus MOORE, Mrs. E.G. BECKER, Leo BECKER, and Karl LEHMAN sang. The body was taken to Westmoreland for interment. Mrs. MARK was a member of the Methodist church and was a faithful member and the words of Jesus. "She hath done what she could" can truly be said of Mrs. MARK. Out of town relatives at Mrs. MARK's funeral were her daugther, Mrs. Bert GRIMES and her son Wilbert and family from Ponca City, Okla., Mrs. Charles LaDUKE of Williamstown, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey RAINS and Mr. Ed RAINES of Lawrence, S.F. RAINES and niece Miss Ethel WYBERG of Topeka, Mrs. Mary STEEN and Miss WEBER of Topeka. (Note: Spelling of RAINS/RAINES as in printed newspaper obituary.)