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- Mrs. Clark dies at 70
Mrs. Henry (Mildred) Clark, 70, R.R. 3, Shelbyville, died Thursday at
8:00 p.m. at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. She had been ill four weeks.
A lifelong resident of Shelby County, Mrs. Clark had been a school
teacher 37 years, retiring three years ago from Triton Central High School.
She was a member of and active in Fairland United Methodist Church affairs,
serving on the Council of Ministers and official board of the church, as well
as president of the United Methodist Women unit.
Mrs. Clark was a member and past matron of Fairland Chapter, O.E.S.;
Triton Central Classroom Teachers Association; Shelby County Retired Teachers
Association, Indiana State Teachers Association and the Saturday Women's Club
of Fairland.
Born in this county Feb. 29, 1904, the daughter of Melvin and Lora
(Gillespie) Bassett, she was first married to Floyd Harrell, who died Sept.
30, 1945. On May 11, 1955, she was married to Henry Clark, who survive
Also surviving are two children, James Harrell, R.R.3, Shelbyville,
and Mrs. Henry (Linda) Johnson, R.R.1, Fountaintown; two stepchildren, Norman
Henry Clark, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Donnas (Lucille) Schinner, Menlo Park,
Calif.; five grandchildren; and four brothers and sisters, Carl E. Bassett,
R.R.2, Shelbyville, Wilbur W. Bassett and Mrs. Ruth Cox, Indianapolis, and
Miss Edythe Bassett, Fairland.
Services will be Monday at 2:00 p.m. at Fairland United Methodi
Church, with the Rev. Arnold Atkins officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hill
Cemetery. Friends may call at the Ewing Mortuary after 2:00 p.m. Sunday and on
Monday afternoon at the church.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1904 - 1975 (70 years)