NEOLA IRENE CLARK

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Neola Irene Clark, age 93, resident of Bronson, Kan., and more recently of the Moran Manor Nursing Home, Moran, Kan., died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kan.

She was born Dec. 17, 1914 in Damar, Kan., the daughter of George and Emma Beislie.

She married Archie E. Clark on July 22, 1933. He preceded her in death. Neola worked at the Boeing Company in Wichita and Clarks Restaurant in Bronson, Kan., as well as being a homemaker.

Survivors include two sons, John Clark, Diamond, Mo. and Joe Clark, Wichita, Kan.; three daughters, Joyce Totten, Rode River, Oregon, Ruth Emmons, Fallon, Nevada and Helen Bolling, Bronson.

Also surviving is a brother Raymond Beislie, Wichita; sister Valena Wanger of California; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Jerry Clark; daughter, Norma Jean Kuns; six brothers, Adrian, Otis, Adlore, Arthur and Norbert Beislie; and four sisters, Lily Delbeck, Dorilda Clark, Kathern Howell and Rose Marie Beislie; and three grandchildren, Renee' Totten, Rusty Totten and Henry Joe Yount..

Rev. Chub Bolling and Rev. David Kuns will conduct funeral services at 2 p.m., Sunday in the Cheney Witt Bronson Chapel. Burial will follow in Bronson Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 1 p.m., Sunday until service time at the Bronson Chapel.

Memorials are suggested to the Moran Manor Hospitality Fund and may be sent to Cheney Witt Bronson Chapel, P.O. Box 93, Bronson, Kan., 66716.