Aug 11, 2006 2 min read

Mildred S. Clark, 86, of Chalk Hill, Pa., died unexpectedly Wednesday, August 8, 2006, in Monongalia General Hospital, Morgantown, W.Va. She was born May 7, 1920, in Louisville Kentucky a daughter of the late Wilson P. and Blanche A. Shortridge and named Rhoda Mildred Shortridge.

She was married to the late Thomas G. Clark for over 61 years. They were the parents of five sons.

She is survived by her fianc?e, Richard W. Lee of Fairmont, W. Va., five sons, six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, three daughters-in-law and one granddaughter-in-law. The sons and their families are Conrad W. Clark and Muriel Akamatsu of Bronson, Fla.; Timothy R. Clark and Rita Clark, their son, Joseph G. Clark and his wife, Angie Clark and children, Ethan G. Clark and Sophie N. Clark and their daughter, Lora A. Clark all of Raleigh N.C.; Guy Alan Clark and Jane S. Clark and their sons, Bennet G. Clark and Christian R. Clark of Chalk Hill, Pa., Bruce S. Clark of Morgantown, W.Va., and his children, Wilson T. Clark and Emily A. Clark of Hilton Head S.C., Daniel Q. Clark of Charlottesville Virginia. She is also survived by her niece, Stephanie Brossia of Port Clinton, Ohio and her family as well as her late husband’s three sisters and their families.

Mrs. Clark retired as a librarian, having worked at West Virginia University in the medical collection and the general collection and Morgantown Public Library and the Uniontown Public Library as children’s and local history librarian.

Mrs. Clark graduated from West Virginia University and she studied at the University of Minnesota and Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.

Friends will be received at the DONALD R. CRAWFORD FUNERAL HOME FARMINGTON, PA., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Saturday in Mount Washington Presbyterian Church, Farmington, Pa., from 10 to 11 a.m., the hour of the service with Rev. D.D. Meighn officiating.

Interment will follow in Somerset County Memorial Park, Somerset, Pa.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mount Washington Presbyterian Church, Farmington, Pa., 15437 or the Monongalia General Volunteer Association, Morgantown, W.Va.