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Note: Mrs. Margaret Clark Former Chelsea Resident Dies Friday in Jackson Mrs. Margaret Clark of Jackson, a former Chelsea resident for many years, died Friday, September 28, 1962 at W.A. Foote Memorial hospital in Jackson, following a short illness she was 81 years old.
Funeral services were held at St. John's Catholic Church in Jackson at 9 a.m. Monday followed by burial at Mt. Olivet cemetery here.
A daughter of Matthias and, Anna Katherine Elsen Schwickerath, she was born in Chelsea, June 18 1881, and was married in 1904 at St. Mary's Church here to Fred H. Clark. Their home was at 792 South Main St. The family moved to Jackson in March 1928. Clark died there January 1933.
Survivors include: Leo G. and Raymond M., both of Chelsea; Louis of Jackson; three daughters, Mrs. Earl (Eunice) Kalmbach; Mrs. Margaret Adams and Mrs. Howard (Lucille) Wright, all of Jackson; 22 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; a brother, Henry Schwickerath of Washington D.C.; and four sisters, Elizabeth Elsen and Mrs. Vera Tarman of Chicago; Sister Victorine OP, of Adrian; Miss. Lena Schwickerath of Ypsilanti.
Desnoyer Funeral Home
Jackson, Michigan
Re: Chelsea Standard
October 1962 ANNA MARGUERITE SCHWICKERATH CLARK
"MAGGIE"
1881 1962 Born in Chelsea, Michigan, the third child of Mathias and Anna Elsen Schwickerath, June 18, 1881, a twin of Mathias Peter, 2nd born. Anna, also know as "Maggie," being the eldest girl of a very large family of brothers and sisters, had to quit school at the tender age of thirteen, due to the untimely death of her Mother. Grosmom Kinnen came to live and care for the family and was in need of Maggies help, the youngest of the 10 children, twin girls, being just six days old! A few months later her Father remarried, Mary Hines ( Aunt of Fred Hines Clark) never had been married, so to take on the responsibility of 10 growing children was a feat in itself, she also needed Maggies help.
On November 4, 1902, at the age of 23, she married Fred Hines Clark also of Chelsea, the wedding took place at St Mary's Church.
Fred was a carpenter by trade and built a large home at 792 S Main Street in Chelsea as a wedding gift to his new bride. This union was blessed with six healthy children; Louis 1905; Leo 1907; Raymond 1908; Margaret 1912; Eunice 1920; Lucille 1921.
In 1928 the family moved to Jackson, 205 E Ganson St, and lived there until their deaths.
Grandma, (as I knew her) was very devoted to her own family as she was to her brothers and sister's. She was a typical grandma, she stood about 4'11" and was kinda round, she had chocolate eyes and long silky white hair, that she wrapped in a bun every day. She had a very robust laugh, better yet, a very robust sneeze . . . that would make the doorbell ring . . . waaa . . . waaaaa . . . waaaaa CHOOOOOOO . . . dings!
She always had lots of hugs, kisses, cookies and apples for her grandchildren, 22 of them and 34 great-grandchildren at the time of her death in 1962.
We lived with our grandma in her home in Jackson. I remember when we got our first television, May of 1954, Grandma wasn't so sure of that "thing," but in about an hour. She was hooked! She had her favorite shows which were; I Love Lucy; Queen for A Day; The Ed Sullivan Show, she always had to see the weather and news, sometimes she would even watch the Howdy Doody Show and the Mickey Mouse Club with us kids.
Grandma was a very devout Catholic and very strong in her convictions in her faith, every Tuesday evening St John's held a Novena Service to pray for world peace and to save Russia and she always attended having me go with her, because she didn't like to walk alone in the dark, on the way over she would always tell me to pray for Aunt Gert's Legs and for the repose of Raymond Barnes soul.
Grandma always reserved Saturday mornings for pie making and pudding making . . . she usually through in a cake too. She loved to sew and mend things, even for the neighbor kids too. She always insisted on doing the supper dishes, she said "kids don't belong in the kitchen," us Clark kids thought it was GREAT when Grandma said we "could" do the dishes!
During the summer of 1962 her health began to fail, she had great pain and went to the doctor, he said "it's your gall bladder, I think we should remove it," she agreed. The day before she went to the hospital for surgery she talked about her Mother, Father, Step-Mother and all her family, her childhood, and many things, she was looking at old pictures and . . . remembering . . . she looked all thru the house as if she knew she wouldn't return . . . she didn't.
Grandma died at 8:40 a.m., Friday, September 28,1962, the surgery was a success but she died of complications, complete renal shutdown and pyloric stenosis.
Affiliations.
St John's Catholic Church
St John's Alter Society
St John's Mothers Club
Jackson Widows Club
St Mary's Catholic Church, Chelsea.
re: As told to Patricia by grandma
Memories of Patricia Death Certificate 1991 Patricia A Clark Olney
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