Clarence A. Clark, age 80, of Galesburg, Illinois died peacefully on Sunday, January 20, 2019. His wife, Carolyn M. (Steck) Totten-Clark, age 80, of Hartland, Wisconsin, formerly of Galesburg, Illinois, passed away on Thursday, December 13, 2018 after a short stay at Angels Grace Hospice in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. They were loving parents to their six children, devoted spouses, and loyal friends to many.
Clarence was born June 14, 1938 in Cuba, Illinois to Telitha R. (Williams) Clark and Clarence E. Clark. He graduated from Manual High School in Peoria, Illinois. Carolyn was born in Galesburg, Illinois on October 11, 1938 to Helen M. (Schwartz) Steck-Palmrose and Leslie O. (Bennie) Steck. She went to school in Knoxville, Illinois.
Clarence and Carolyn were married on December 28, 1984 at the First Christian Church in Galesburg.
Clarence and Carolyn are survived by all six children: Janlyn Vargas- Blin and her husband Rick of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Michael Clark and his wife Amy of Chillicothe, Illinois; Joanna Sherfinski and Rand of Hartland, Wisconsin; Lee Totten and his wife Beth of Chesapeake, Virginia; Thomas Clark and his wife Julie of Ashtabula, Ohio; and Alice Caslin of Chestnut, Illinois. They have eighteen beautiful grandchildren and six sweet great-grandchildren to carry on their legacies of love and life.
Memorials may be given in honor to the Wounded Warrior Project at www.woundedwarriorproject.org, the Angels Grace Hospice, N74 W35908 Servents Way (Hgh P), Oconomowoc, Wisconsin 53066, or the Parkinson’s Foundation.
Graveside memorial services for both Clarence and Carolyn will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at the Knoxville Cemetery in Knoxville, Illinois. Pastor John Knueppel will be officiating. A Celebration of Life will begin at 12:00 P.M. on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at the Knoxville United Methodist Church in Knoxville. Online condolences and expressions of sympathy may be made through www.hurd-hendricksfuneralhome.com.
