Obituaries

August 23, 1926 to November 25, 2016

MEDARYVILLE - Mary Eleanor Clark, 90, of Medaryville, died Friday, Nov. 25, at Parkview Haven Retirement Home, Francesville.

She was born Aug. 23, 1926 in Cambridge, Ohio to the late A.P. and Ada Bair Benjamin. On June 11, 1948 she married Eldon Clark in Medaryville. He died Nov, 9, 1995.

She is survived by sons Dr. L. Ross Clark of Redding, CA and Thomas N. Clark of Fairbanks, AK; 6 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Also, sisters Esther Houston of San Gabriel, CA, Lois McCarter of Greenwood, and Ruth Ann Hieronymus of Atlanta, GA; and brother Paul Benjamin of Paeonian Springs, VA.

She was preceeded in death by a sister, Ellen Virginia Benjamin.

Mrs. Clark moved from Hamilton, IN to Medaryville when her father became the minister at the Medaryville Christian Church. In 1963 she earned her bachelor's degree in education and her master's degree in education in 1968 from Valparaiso University. She worked as an elementary school teacher in North Judson. She was a member of the Medaryville Christian Church and the Indiana State Teachers Association. She enjoyed playing the piano and singing at the church. She would often sing while her husband Eldon showed slides of their many trips. They had traveled to 49 states.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 2, at the Frain Mortuary Querry-Ulbricht Chapel in Medaryville; and one hour prior to services at the church on Saturday. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Medaryville Christian Church in Medaryville, with Rev. Don Nedza officiating. Burial will follow at McKinley Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Winamac.