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Note: MARY A CLARK 1879 1965 The organist at St Mary's Catholic Church for 66 years, Mrs Mary A Clark, 245 Adams Street., died at the Colonial Manor Nursing Home
last Thursday afternoon, October 21. She had been a patient there since 1963. She was 86. Family and friends knew her as "Mamie".
The daughter of Stephen and Katherine Frawley Clark, born May 13, 1879, in Lyndon Township, she spent her entire life in the Chelsea area.
She and George C Clark were married September 30, 1908, at St Mary's Catholic Church. He died September 1, 1959.
Mrs Clark had been the organist at St Mary's since she was 16 years old until four years ago when she fell and broke her arm. She was also a member of the Alter Society at St Mary's Church.
One son, Stephen of Chelsea, and one daughter, Ruth (Pierce) Apel of Toledo, Ohio, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Requium High Mass was sung at 10 a.m. Monday at St mary's Catholic Church, with the Rev. Fr. Francis Maliszewski officiating. Burial was at Mt Olivet Cemetery.
An Alter Society Rosary was recited Saturday evening and a Parish Rosary was recited Sunday evening at the Staffan Funeral Home.
RE: Chelsea Standard
October 8, 1965
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